Etymology

pentagonal

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English pentagon ← Middle French pentagone
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
  3. Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
  4. Ancient Greekπεντα- (penta-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  6. Proto-Hellenic*gónu
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gonwía
  8. Ancient Greekγωνία (gōnía)
  9. Ancient Greekπεντάγωνον (pentágōnon)
  10. Late Latinpentagōnum
  11. Middle Frenchpentagone
  12. Englishpentagon
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. English todaypentagonal

From pentagon + -al.

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