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Where does “truncated icosahedron” come from?

truncated icosahedron (English) comes from English icosahedron, from Ancient Greek εἰκοσάεδρον, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

truncated icosahedron (English): A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces and is...

Definitions

  1. A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces and is...

Ancestry of “truncated icosahedron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishicosahedronA polyhedron with twenty faces; A regular...
2Ancient Greekεἰκοσάεδρον—
3Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
4Proto-Hellenicewīkəti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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