Where does “parallellepiped” come from?

parallellepiped (Swedish) comes from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδον, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδος — having parallel faces.

parallellepiped (Swedish): parallelepiped

Definitions

  1. parallelepiped

Ancestry of “parallellepiped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαραλληλεπίπεδονparallelepiped
2Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδοςhaving parallel faces
Every word from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδος →Every word from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδον →
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