Etymology

tridimensional

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Today it means: three-dimensional Full definition →

English dimensional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin dīmēnsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  13. Proto-Italic*mētis
  14. Latinmētior
  15. Latindīmētior
  16. Latindīmēnsiō
  17. Englishdimension
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Englishdimensional
  21. English todaytridimensional

From tri- + dimensional.

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