Where does “aerotriangulation” come from?
aerotriangulation (English) comes from English triangulation, from Latin triangulare, from French triangulaire, from Latin triangularis, from Latin triangulus, from Latin Angulus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂engulos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.
aerotriangulation (English): The assigning of coordinates to points on the ground by use of aerial photographs
Definitions
- The assigning of coordinates to points on the ground by use of aerial photographs
Ancestry of “aerotriangulation”, step by step
aerotriangulation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English triangulation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triangulation | A technique in which distances and directions are... |
| 2 | Latin | triangulare | nominative neuter singular of triangulāris;... |
| 3 | French | triangulaire | triangular; three-way race, struggle etc |
| 4 | Latin | triangularis | triangular |
| 5 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 6 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |