-gon

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, corner, angle), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (knee).

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-gon

  1. (geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.
    A pentagon has five sides.
    a 17-gon

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Etymology[edit]

None; due to Abinomn's possible nature of being a language isolate.

Suffix[edit]

-gon

  1. forms plurals of certain nouns ending with an "i" sound, as opposed to -kon and -di

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).

Suffix[edit]

-gon m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gons)

  1. (geometry) -gon

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Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).

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-gon

  1. (geometry) -gon

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