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Where does “prisma” come from?

prisma (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

prisma (Latin): prism

Definitions

  1. prism

Ancestry of “prisma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “prisma”

  • prism
  • biprism
  • prismoidal
  • antiprism
  • prismoid
  • pentaprism
  • prismed
  • prismy
  • gonioprism
  • prismlike
  • prismal
  • prismless
  • prismane
  • nanoprism
  • macroprism
  • foreprism
  • prisme
  • Prisma
  • prisma
  • プリズム
  • 프리즘
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