Etymology

tessellation

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Today it means: The property or fact of tessellating. Full definition →

English tessellate ← Latin tessellātu ← Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσαρες (téssares)
  4. Latintessera
  5. Latintessella
  6. Latintessellātu
  7. Englishtessellate
  8. English todaytessellation

From tessellate + -ion.

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