Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “quindecagonal” come from?

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

quindecagonal (English): Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided

Ancestry of “quindecagonal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquindecagonA polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles
2English-a-And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords...
3Frenchàto; on the, to; at
4Englishavieemulously
5Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
6Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
7Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
8LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →