Etymology

hecatonicosachoron

Today it means: A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἑκατόν
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἑκατόν“one hundred”
  2. English todayhecatonicosachoron

From hecaton- (“one hundred”) + icosa- (“twenty”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “one hundred”) εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἑκατόν all →

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