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Where does “antiprisma” come from?

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

antiprisma (Portuguese): antiprism

Definitions

  1. antiprism

Ancestry of “antiprisma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseprismaprism; perspective
2Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →