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Where does “parallelogrammic” come from?

parallelogrammic (English) comes from English parallelogram, from Latin parallēlogrammum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλόγραμμον, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.

parallelogrammic (English): Having the properties of a parallelogram

Definitions

  1. Having the properties of a parallelogram

Ancestry of “parallelogrammic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparallelogramA convex quadrilateral in which each pair of...
2Latinparallēlogrammum—
3Ancient Greekπαραλληλόγραμμονbounded by parallel lines
4Ancient Greekπαράλληλοςbeside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or...
5Ancient Greekἀλλήλωνreferring back to a plural subject, and...
6Ancient Greekἄλλοςother, another, different, else; in combination...
7Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
8Proto-Hellenickríňňō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
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