אסימפטוטה

Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)

noun

Definitions

(mathematics) asymptote

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek ἀ (not, un-, without, privative) + Ancient Greek σύν (with, together, in company with, beside, together with, along with)+ Ancient Greek πτωτός (fallen).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πτωτός

Gloss

fallen

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

asymptote English
synaesthesia English
synchronic English
synchrony English
synedrus Latin
πίπτω Ancient Greek
πτωτός Ancient Greek
συμβουλή Ancient Greek
σύν Ancient Greek
σύνορος Ancient Greek
ἀ Ancient Greek
*peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
τσαμπούνα Greek (modern)