Etymology Explorer
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Where does “cube” come from?
cube (Old French) comes from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος — square; cube; die, dice.
Ancestry of “cube”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
cubus
A mass, quantity; A cube
2
Ancient Greek
κύβος
square; cube; die, dice
Words derived from “cube”
cube
cuboid
cubist
cuboidal
hypercube
calcaneocuboid
subcube
cubane
cubistic
cubie
cuboctahedron
cubelike
tricube
cuneocuboid
cubiform
hemicube
supercube
cuber
flashcube
holocube
CubeSat
polycube
nanocube
cubelet
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