Etymology

icosidodecahedron

Today it means: An Archimedean solid with thirty-two regular faces (twelve pentagons and twenty triangles). Full definition →

English dodeca- ← Ancient Greek δώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă) ← Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥
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  1. Englishicosi-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥
  3. Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
  4. Englishdodeca-
  5. English todayicosidodecahedron

From icosi- + dodeca- + -hedron.

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