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Where does “iperboloide” come from?

iperboloide (Italian) comes from Italian iperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω, from Ancient Greek ὑπερ-, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

iperboloide (Italian): hyperboloid

Definitions

  1. hyperboloid

Ancestry of “iperboloide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianiperbolehyperbola; hyperbole
2Latinhyperbolē—
3Ancient Greekὑπερβολήovershooting; superiority; excess, extremity
4Ancient Greekὑπερβάλλωto go beyond, exceed
5Ancient Greekὑπερ-over-, super-
6Ancient Greekὑπέρfor; over-much, above measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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