Etymology

discoid

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Today it means: Shaped like a disc/disk. Full definition →

Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos ← Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  2. Latindiscu
  3. Frenchdisque
  4. Englishdisc
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. English todaydiscoid

From disc + -oid.

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