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Where does “entrywise” come from?

entrywise (English) comes from English Entry, from Middle English entre, from Old French entree, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

entrywise (English): Performed independently on each matrix entry

Definitions

  1. Performed independently on each matrix entry

Ancestry of “entrywise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEntry—
2Middle Englishentre—
3Old Frenchentree—
4Latinintrō—
5Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
6Latininterus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
8Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
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