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Where does “tetraflexagon” come from?

tetraflexagon (English) comes from English flexagon, from English flex, from German flexibel, from Latin flexibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

tetraflexagon (English): A square or rectangular flexagon

Definitions

  1. A square or rectangular flexagon

Ancestry of “tetraflexagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflexagonA flat model made from folded strips of paper...
2EnglishflexFlexibility, pliancy; The or an act of flexing;...
3Germanflexibelflexible
4Latinflexibilisflexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,...
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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