Etymology

rhomb

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Today it means: A rhombus. Full definition →

Middle French rhombe ← Latin rhombus ← Ancient Greek ῥόμβος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥόμβος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromrhombus
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromrhombe
  4. English todayrhomb

Partly borrowed from Middle French rhombe and partly from its etymon Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhombus and rhumb.

Words from the same roots

Latinrhombus all →

rhombusrhumb

Ancient Greekῥόμβος all →

rhombusrhumbrhombos

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.