-gon
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-gon
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
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Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).
A pentagon has five sides.
Similar: -angle
Translations
Talk about this word "-gon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-gon. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. -gon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-gon "-gon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-gon.Cite this
@misc{gon_2026,
title = {-gon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-gon},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
