Etymology

pyramidion

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Today it means: The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid. Full definition →

New Latin pyramidion ← Latin pyramis
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  1. Latin · derived frompyramis
  2. New Latin · borrowed frompyramidion
  3. English todaypyramidion

From New Latin pyramidion, from Latin pyramis. See pyramid.

Words from the same roots

Latinpyramis all →

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