Etymograph

English

lemniscatic

From lemniscate + -ic.

Formed from lemniscate + -ic

Proto-Semitic *laban- ‘white’

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Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος ‘woollen fillet, ribbon’

New Latin lēmniscus ‘a sort of ribbon’

New Latin lēmniscātus ‘decorated with ribbons’

New Latin lēmniscāta

English lemniscate

Today it means

adj shaped like a figure-of-eight

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

Etymograph / lemniscatic