Where does “pentaprisma” come from?

pentaprisma (Spanish) comes from Spanish 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.

pentaprisma (Spanish): pentaprism

Definitions

  1. pentaprism

Ancestry of “pentaprisma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishprismaprism; viewpoint, point of view, standpoint
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 -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek πρίσμα
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