The diminutive of tessera was tessella, a small, square piece of stone or a cubical tile used in mosaics. History of Tessellation tessellate (verb), tessellation (noun): from Latin tessera "a square tablet" or "a die used for gambling." Latin tessera may have been borrowed from Greek tessares, meaning "four," since a square tile has four sides.
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