Etymo

pentagon

A polygon with five sides and five angles.

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Five angles.

How pentagon reached English

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Greek

  • penta-‘five’
  • gōnia‘angle’

combined

  1. English

    pentagon

    ‘A polygon with five sides and five angles.’

The story of pentagon

Greek pentagōnon names a figure with five angles. English keeps that numerical construction in pentagon. The famous building takes its name from the shape, rather than supplying the word’s original meaning.

This view explains the components. They are pieces of one construction, not consecutive borrowing stages.

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