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Triangle

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a geometric shape with three sides and three angles
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Stage 1 of 2
triangulum
Latin · ancient
"three angles"
literally three angles, from tri- (three) and angulus (angle)
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Stage 2 of 2
triangle
English · 1400s
"a three-sided geometric shape"
settled as the geometric word for a three-sided shape
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