Etymology

antiprism

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Today it means: A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles. Full definition →

English prism ← Late Latin prisma ← Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Ancient Greekπρῑ́ω (prī́ō)
  8. Ancient Greekπρίσμᾰ (prísmă)
  9. Late Latinprisma
  10. Englishprism
  11. English todayantiprism

From anti- + prism.

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