Where does “pentaprizma” come from?
pentaprizma (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian prizma, from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
pentaprizma (Hungarian): pentaprism five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of some cameras
Definitions
- pentaprism five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of some cameras
Ancestry of “pentaprizma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | prizma | prism transparent block with triangular ends used to split light |
| 2 | Latin | prisma | prism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρίσμα | Anything sawn, sawdust; A prism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |