Where does “tetraedro” come from?
tetraedro (Portuguese) comes from Ancient Greek τετράεδρον, from Ancient Greek τετράεδρος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
tetraedro (Portuguese): tetrahedron
Ancestry of “tetraedro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | τετράεδρον | triangle-based pyramid |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τετράεδρος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | — |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |