Where does “dodecaedro” come from?

dodecaedro (Italian) comes from Italian dodeca-, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

dodecaedro (Italian): dodecahedron

Definitions

  1. dodecahedron

Ancestry of “dodecaedro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandodeca-dodeca
2Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
3Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—

Words derived from “dodecaedro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek δώδεκα →Every word from Italian dodeca- →