Etymology of the English word paraboloid
the English word
paraboloidusing the English suffix
-oidderived from the Latin suffix
-oidesderived from the Greek word
eidos, εἶδος (form, likeness, appearance, resemblance; a view; form )
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the Greek suffix
-oeides, -οειδής
derived from the Greek word
eidos, εἶδος (form, likeness, appearance, resemblance; a view; form )
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the English word
paraboladerived from the Latin word
parabola (comparison; explanatory illustration; parable; parabola)
derived from the Greek word
parabole, παραβολή (a similitude ('parable'); (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage)
derived from the Greek word
paraballein, παραβάλλω
derived from the Greek word
para, παρά (near, along, beside, close to)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the Greek word
ballein, βάλλω (to throw)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷelə-Usage
Word found in Modern English
