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Where does “quindecagon” come from?

quindecagon (English) comes from English -a-, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo, from Latin īn- — in.

quindecagon (English): A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles

Definitions

  1. A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles

Ancestry of “quindecagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-a-And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords...
2Frenchàto; on the, to; at
3Englishavieemulously
4Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
5Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
6Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
7LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “quindecagon”

  • quindecagonal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →