Where does “trisoctahedral” come from?
trisoctahedral (English) comes from English octahedral, from English -hedral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.
trisoctahedral (English): Having the form of a trisoctahedron
Definitions
- Having the form of a trisoctahedron
Ancestry of “trisoctahedral”, step by step
trisoctahedral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English octahedral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | octahedral | Having eight plane surfaces; thus, in the shape... |
| 2 | English | -hedral | used to form adjectives describing related nouns... |
| 3 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 5 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 6 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 7 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 8 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 9 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 10 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English Tris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tris | or Tristan |
| 2 | English | Beatrice | — |
| 3 | Latin | beata | inflection of beātus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | beatus | happy, happy, blessed, fortunate; prosperous,... |
| 5 | Latin | beo | I bless; I gladden; I enrich |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dweos | happy |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwejos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |