πυραμίς
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- pyramid
- a type of cake
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πῡραμός derived from Egyptian pr-m-ws (height of a pyramid).
Origin
Egyptian
pr-m-ws
Gloss
height of a pyramid
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pyramidalis Latin
- pyramidatus Latin
- pyramis Latin
- pyramis, pȳramidis, pȳramis Latin
- pȳramis Latin
- piramide Italian
- pyramide French
- pirámide Spanish, Castilian
- πῡραμίς Ancient Greek
- πῡραμός Ancient Greek
- pyramide Norwegian Bokmål
- pirâmide Portuguese
- pyramide Norwegian Nynorsk
- piramis Middle English
- piramide Old French
- pirámide Galician
- πυραμίδα Greek (modern)
- m Egyptian
- pr-m-ws Egyptian
- prj Egyptian
- ws Egyptian