Where does “runcicantitruncation” come from?
runcicantitruncation (English) comes from English cantellation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
runcicantitruncation (English): The simultaneous state of runcination, cantellation and truncation
Definitions
- The simultaneous state of runcination, cantellation and truncation
Ancestry of “runcicantitruncation”, step by step
runcicantitruncation traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cantellation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cantellation | An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex |
| 2 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 4 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English truncation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truncation | The act of truncating or shortening; The removal... |
| 2 | Late Latin | truncatio | maiming, mutilating; truncation |
| 3 | Latin | truncāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |
via English runcination
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | runcination | An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex |
| 2 | Latin | runcina | plane |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ῥυκάνη | plane, a tool for smoothing wood |