Where does “parallelltrapets” come from?
parallelltrapets (Swedish) comes from Swedish parallell, from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.
parallelltrapets (Swedish): a trapezoid (US), a trapezium (Britain, Australia, New Zealand)
Definitions
- a trapezoid (US), a trapezium (Britain, Australia, New Zealand)
Ancestry of “parallelltrapets”, step by step
parallelltrapets traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish parallell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | parallell | parallel |
| 2 | Latin | parallēlus | parallel |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράλληλος | beside one another, side-by-side; parallel to or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλήλων | referring back to a plural subject, and... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
via Swedish trapets
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | trapets | a trapeze (used by acrobats) |