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
Ancestry of “antiprisma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | prisma | prism; perspective |
| 2 | Latin | prisma | prism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρίσμα | Anything sawn, sawdust; A prism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |