Where does “Poissonization” come from?
Poissonization (English) comes from English poisson, from French Poisson, from Middle French poisson, from Old French poisson, from Old French peis, from Vulgar Latin pesum, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
Poissonization (English): Analysis of a multivariate combinatorial distribution by turning interdependent variables into independent Poisson distributions
Definitions
- Analysis of a multivariate combinatorial distribution by turning interdependent variables into independent Poisson distributions
Ancestry of “Poissonization”, step by step
Poissonization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English poisson
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | poisson | The Poisson distribution |
| 2 | French | Poisson | fish marine animal |
| 3 | Middle French | poisson | fish |
| 4 | Old French | poisson | fish |
| 5 | Old French | peis | Alternative form of pais; Alternative form of... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via English ization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ization | — |