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Where does “snub cube” come from?

snub cube (English) comes from English cube, from English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum, from Latin cubāre, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- — cattle.

snub cube (English): An Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of...

Definitions

  1. An Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of...

Ancestry of “snub cube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcubeA regular polyhedron having six identical square...
2EnglishcubicleA small separate part or one of the compartments...
3LatincubiculumA small bedroom; bedchamber
4Latincubāre—
5Latincubō—
6Proto-Italickubāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle
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