Where does “tesseract” come from?

tesseract (English) comes from English tessara-, from Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ, from Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες, from Proto-Hellenic kʷétwores, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

tesseract (English): The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D...

Definitions

  1. The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D...

Ancestry of “tesseract”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtessara-four
2Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρᾰfour
3Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρεςfour
4Proto-Hellenickʷétworescardinal...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “tesseract”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Hellenic kʷétwores →