English
acoptic
Acoptic comes from Ancient Greek κόπτω ‘to cut’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόπτωkóptō‘to cut’
- Englishtodayacoptic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόπτωkóptō‘to cut’
- Englishtodayacoptic
The story
Introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra.
Linked words
through Ancient Greek κόπτω ‘to cut’
Today it means
adj Not self-intersecting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κόπτω / acoptic