heptagon
Meaningseven-angled
Common meaning: a seven-sided figure
- heptsevenLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 569 · scan
- gonGreek gonia: angle
Journey through time
- Greekἑπτά‘seven’
- Englishheptagon‘a seven-sided figure’ · today
hept also in: heptathlon
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’.
Roots
- ἑπτά Greek “seven”
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