English
homaloidal
Homaloidal comes from Ancient Greek ὁμαλός ‘even, level’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-1‘together, one’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-h₂-lo-s1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμαλός2homalós‘even, level’
- Englishtodayhomaloidal2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ὁμαλός
- 2 Wiktionary, English homaloidal
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ὁμαλός‘together, one’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-h₂-lo-sWiktionary, Ancient Greek ὁμαλόςreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμαλόςWiktionary, English homaloidalhomalós‘even, level’
- EnglishtodayhomaloidalWiktionary, English homaloidal
Formed from oid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
some, same, single, similar, seem, simple, simply, soft, sam, simulation, sincerely, singular, resemble, assemble, resemblance, simultaneous, simulate, sincerity, semblance, assimilate, synapse, insincere, hyphen, homeopathic, simile, anomalous, homology, simulacrum, sempre, synchronise, homolog, 45 more
through Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-s
Today it means
adj flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the Euclidean definitions, axioms, and postulates respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “homaloidal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek ὁμαλός. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sem- / homaloidal