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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

pyramid monumental (esp. Egyptian) structure with polygonal base and sloping sides meeting in an apex; pile of this shape. XVI. — (orig. used in L. nom. form) L. pyramis, -id- — Gr. puramís, -id-.
So pyramidal XVI. — medL.

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