Where does “Inkreisradius” come from?

Inkreisradius (German) comes from German Radius, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

Inkreisradius (German): incircle radius, apothem

Definitions

  1. incircle radius, apothem

Ancestry of “Inkreisradius”, step by step

Inkreisradius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Radius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRadiusradius bone
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
4Middle English-an—

via German Inkreis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInkreisincircle
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →
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