Where does “bicategory” come from?
bicategory (English) comes from English category, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria, from Late Latin categoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
bicategory (English): A particular construct in category theory
Definitions
- A particular construct in category theory
Ancestry of “bicategory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | category | A group, often named or numbered, to which items... |
| 2 | French | catégorie | category |
| 3 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 4 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 5 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 6 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 7 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |