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Where does “periplanar” come from?

periplanar (English) comes from English planar, from Late Latin planarius, from Latin plānum, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.

periplanar (English): Describing a torsion angle between 0° and 30°, or...

Definitions

  1. Describing a torsion angle between 0° and 30°, or...

Ancestry of “periplanar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplanarOf or pertaining to a plane; Flat,...
2Late Latinplanariusrelating to a plane; pertaining to a plane; of or...
3Latinplānum—
4Latinplānus—
5Ancient Greekπλάνοςwandering
6Ancient Greekπλανάωto make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl-néh₂-ti—

Words derived from “periplanar”

  • antiperiplanar
  • synperiplanar
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