Where does “pyramidipeli” come from?

pyramidipeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyramidi, from French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς, from Ancient Greek -ῐς — a woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine...

pyramidipeli (Finnish): pyramid scheme

Definitions

  1. pyramid scheme

Ancestry of “pyramidipeli”, step by step

pyramidipeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyramidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyramidipyramid
2Frenchpyramidepyramid
3Old Frenchpiramidepyramid
4Latinpȳramisa pyramid
5Ancient Greekπυραμίςpyramid; a type of cake
6Ancient Greek-ῐςa woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine...

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐςEvery word from Ancient Greek πυραμίςEvery word from Latin pȳramis
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