myEtymology.com: English etymology of pentagon

Etymology of the English word pentagon

the English word pentagon

derived from the Latin word pentagonum

derived from the Greek word pentagonon, πεντάγωνον

using the Greek prefix penta-, πεντα-, πέντα-

derived from the Late Greek word pente, πέντε ('five')

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *penkʷe

using the Greek suffix -gonon, -γωνον

derived from the Greek word gonia, γωνία (angle; an angle)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genu-

Word found in Modern English