Where does “zonotopal” come from?
zonotopal (English) comes from English zonotope, from English polytope, from German Polytop, from German poly-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
zonotopal (English): Of or pertaining to a zonotope
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a zonotope
Ancestry of “zonotopal”, step by step
zonotopal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English zonotope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zonotope | A polytope formed by the Minkowski sum of a... |
| 2 | English | polytope | A finite region of "n"-dimensional space bounded... |
| 3 | German | Polytop | polytope |
| 4 | German | poly- | poly |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |