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Where does “pallotrigonometria” come from?

pallotrigonometria (Finnish) comes from Finnish trigonometria, from Latin trigonometria, from Ancient Greek τρίγωνον, from Ancient Greek τρίγωνος, from Ancient Greek γωνία, from Ancient Greek γόνυ, from Proto-Hellenic gónu, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

pallotrigonometria (Finnish): spherical trigonometry

Definitions

  1. spherical trigonometry

Ancestry of “pallotrigonometria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtrigonometriatrigonometry
2Latintrigonometria—
3Ancient Greekτρίγωνονtriangle; one of the Athenian lawcourts; the...
4Ancient Greekτρίγωνοςthree-cornered; three-sided
5Ancient Greekγωνίαcorner, angle; joiner's square; cornerstone
6Ancient Greekγόνυknee
7Proto-Hellenicgónuknee
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
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