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Where does “trapezelike” come from?

trapezelike (English) comes from English trapeze, from French trapèze, from Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον, from Ancient Greek τράπεζα, from Ancient Greek *τετράπεζα, from Ancient Greek πέζα, from Ancient Greek πούς — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

trapezelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a trapeze

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a trapeze

Ancestry of “trapezelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrapezeA trapezium; A swinging horizontal bar, suspended...
2Frenchtrapèzetrapeze; trapezium; trapezium, trapezium bone
3Latintrapeziumtrapezium, trapezoid
4Ancient Greekτραπέζιονirregular quadrilateral; little table; small...
5Ancient Greekτράπεζαa table
6Ancient Greek*τετράπεζα—
7Ancient Greekπέζαfoot, edge; foot, instep, bottom; -footed,...
8Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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