Where does “arcsecant” come from?

arcsecant (English) comes from English arc-, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

arcsecant (English): function that is the compositional inverse of the...

Definitions

  1. function that is the compositional inverse of the...

Ancestry of “arcsecant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisharc-Used to form the names of inverse trigonometric...
2Latinarcusarc, arch; bow; rainbow
3Latinsoliumseat, chair; throne, chair of state, official...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansodyom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “arcsecant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →