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Where does “pyramide” come from?

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

pyramide (French): pyramid

Definitions

  1. pyramid

Ancestry of “pyramide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpiramidepyramid
2Latinpȳramis—
3Ancient Greekπυραμίςpyramid; a type of cake
4Ancient Greek-ῐςa woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine...

Words derived from “pyramide”

  • pyramid
  • pyramiding
  • pyramidical
  • bipyramid
  • pyramidic
  • pyramidically
  • dipyramid
  • pyramidlike
  • pyramidology
  • hyperpyramid
  • pyramidologist
  • pyramidism
  • pyramidwise
  • pyramidoid
  • nanopyramid
  • pyramidological
  • macropyramid
  • dipyramide
  • pyramidi
  • pyramidikyy
  • ピラミッド
  • 피라미드
  • piramidă
  • ပိရမစ်
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