Where does “vector” come from?
vector (Dutch) comes from Dutch vaccin, from French vaccin, from French vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
vector (Dutch): vector, an element of a vector space
Definitions
- vector, an element of a vector space
Ancestry of “vector”, step by step
vector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vaccin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vaccin | vaccine |
| 2 | French | vaccin | vaccine |
| 3 | French | vaccine | inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | vaccīnus | of or derived from a cow; cow |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |