Etymograph

English

septagon

Septagon comes from Latin septagōnus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEseptagōnus
  2. Englishtodayseptagon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEseptagōnus
  2. Englishtodayseptagon

Equivalent to septa- + -gon

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Italic *septəm ‘seven’

Latin septem ‘seven’

English septa-

Today it means

noun Synonym of heptagon (“a polygon with seven sides and seven angles”).

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

Etymograph / Latin septagōnus / septagon