Where does “ovotriangular” come from?
ovotriangular (English) comes from English triangular, from Latin triangulare, from French triangulaire, from Latin triangularis, from Latin triangulus, from Latin Angulus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂engulos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.
ovotriangular (English): ovoid and approximately triangular
Definitions
- ovoid and approximately triangular
Ancestry of “ovotriangular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triangular | Shaped like a triangle; Of, or pertaining to,... |
| 2 | Latin | triangulare | nominative neuter singular of triangulāris;... |
| 3 | French | triangulaire | triangular; three-way race, struggle etc |
| 4 | Latin | triangularis | triangular |
| 5 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 6 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |