Etymograph

English

Johnson solid

Johnson solid comes from English Johnson ‘a surname’.

  1. English1500–presentJohnson‘a surname’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003Johnson solid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. English1500–presentJohnson‘a surname’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003Johnson solid

Earliest quotation: 2003, Rona Gurkewitz, Bennett Arnstein: “There are other possible models that we have not…”

A compound of Johnson ‘a surname’ + solid

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘integrate’

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Proto-Italic *soliðos

Latin solidus

Old French solide

Middle English solide

English solid

Today it means

noun Any of a class of convex polyhedra that have regular faces but are not uniform (that is, not Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prisms, or antiprisms).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English Johnson / Johnson solid