Where does “biweight” come from?

biweight (English) comes from English bi, from English biceps, from Latin biceps, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

biweight (English): Any of various weighted means

Definitions

  1. Any of various weighted means

Ancestry of “biweight”, step by step

biweight traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbiBisexual; A bisexual person; A type of jade disk...
2EnglishbicepsAny muscle having two heads; Specifically, the...
3Latinbicepsdouble-headed, having two heads; having two...
4Latinbistwice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways
5Latincolorcolour, shade; color; pigment; complexion
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via English weight

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweightThe force on an object due to the gravitational...
2Middle Englishweight
3Old Englishwihtcreature, person, thing, being; weight
4LatinVectisIsle of Wight
5Proto-Celticwextātime, course, turn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr
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