Etymograph

English

epitrochoid

From epi- + trochoid.

A compound of epi- + trochoid

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Ancient Greek τροχοειδής ‘round, circular’

English trochoid

Today it means

noun A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine

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