-gon

English

suffix
Definitions
  • (geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γωνία (angle, corner) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (knee).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵónu

Gloss

knee

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

膝

Emoji

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