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Where does “pyramidal” come from?

Pyramidal comes from Latin pyramidalis, formed from Ancient Greek πυραμίς with the Latin suffix -alis, where -ῐς is an Ancient Greek noun-forming suffix.

pyramidal (English): Pyramid-shaped; Tetragonal; One of the carpal...

Definitions

  1. Pyramid-shaped; Tetragonal; One of the carpal...

Ancestry of “pyramidal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpyramidalispyramidal
2Latinpȳramis—
3Ancient Greekπυραμίςpyramid; a type of cake
4Ancient Greek-ῐςa woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine...

Words derived from “pyramidal”

  • extrapyramidal
  • bipyramidal
  • pyramidally
  • nonpyramidal
  • pyramidalization
  • dipyramidal
  • infrapyramidal
  • pyramidalize
  • extrapyramidally
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