Where does “paralelogramma” come from?
paralelogramma (Hungarian) comes from German Parallelogramm, from Latin parallēlogrammum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλόγραμμον, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō — to sift, separate, divide.
paralelogramma (Hungarian): parallelogram
Ancestry of “paralelogramma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Parallelogramm | parallelogram |
| 2 | Latin | parallēlogrammum | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παραλληλόγραμμον | bounded by parallel lines |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
Words derived from “paralelogramma”