Etymology of the French word cube
the French word
cubederived from the Classical Latin word
cubus (cube, die, dice)
derived from the Greek word
kubos, κύβος
Date
The earliest known usage of cube in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
cuber,
cubisme,
cubicité,
archicubeCognates
Dutch
kubus, English
cube, German
Kubus, Italian
cubo, Latin
cubus, Lithuanian
kubas, Norwegian
kube, Russian
кyб, Swedish
kub
