Where does “LogSumExp” come from?

LogSumExp (English) comes from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere — to follow; to see; to say.

LogSumExp (English): A smooth maximum used by machine learning algorithms

Definitions

  1. A smooth maximum used by machine learning algorithms

Ancestry of “LogSumExp”, step by step

LogSumExp traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English sum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsumA quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;...
2Khmerwhite
3Chinese
4EnglishSueA Mary Sue
5Middle Englishseuen
6Anglo-Normansuernominative singular of seror; to dry
7Old Frenchsivreto follow
8Vulgar Latinsequereto follow; second-person singular future active...
9LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
10Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
11Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
12Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via English exponential

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexponentialRelating to an exponent; Expressed in terms of a...
2Frenchexponentielexponential
3French-ielSuffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...
4French-elTo make an adjectival form of a noun; -al
5Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English logarithm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlogarithmFor a number formula_1, the power to which a...
2New Latinlogarithmuslogarithm
3Ancient Greekἀριθμόςnumber; numbering, counting; arithmetic
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂rey-to count, count out; to arrange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-
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