pyritohedron

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What does pyritohedron mean?

An irregular dodecahedron, the faces of which are identical but irregular pentagons.

Where does pyritohedron come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)bor. Latin pȳritēsder. Old French pyriteder. English pyrite Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -hedron English pyritohedron From pyrite + -o- + -hedron.

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