Where does “tetraedric” come from?
tetraedric (Romanian) comes from French tétraédrique, from French tétraèdre, 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...
tetraedric (Romanian): tetrahedral
Definitions
- tetrahedral
Ancestry of “tetraedric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tétraédrique | tetrahedral |
| 2 | French | tétraèdre | tetrahedron |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τετράεδρον | triangle-based pyramid |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τετράεδρος | having four faces, tetrahedral |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |