Etymograph

English

pyramis

Pyramis comes from Latin pȳramis ‘a pyramid’, and goes back to Ancient Greek πυραμίς.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπυραμίς1puramís‘pyramid’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpȳramis1‘a pyramid’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500piramis1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1636pyramis1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pyramis
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1636, Peter Ramus, Enginees: “And from hence also shall be the geodesy of…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπυραμίςWiktionary, English pyramispuramís‘pyramid’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpȳramisWiktionary, English pyramis‘a pyramid’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500piramisWiktionary, English pyramis
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1636pyramisWiktionary, English pyramis. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1636, Peter Ramus, Enginees: “And from hence also shall be the geodesy of…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek πυραμίς

Today it means

noun A pyramid.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pyramis”. 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.

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