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Where does “archicube” come from?

archicube (French) comes from French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος — square; cube; die, dice.

archicube (French): Graduate, former student at the École normale...

Definitions

  1. Graduate, former student at the École normale...

Ancestry of “archicube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcubecube; third-grader; cubic
2LatincubusA mass, quantity; A cube
3Ancient Greekκύβοςsquare; cube; die, dice
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