parallelepiped

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαραλληλεπίπεδος“with parallel surfaces”
2. Latin · borrowed fromparallēlepipedum
3. English todayparallelepiped

From Latin parallēlepipedum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).

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