Where does “exponential” come from?

exponential (English) comes from French exponentiel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

exponential (English): Relating to an exponent; Expressed in terms of a...

Definitions

  1. Relating to an exponent; Expressed in terms of a...

Ancestry of “exponential”, step by step

exponential traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French exponentiel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexponentielexponential
2French-ielSuffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...
3French-elTo make an adjectival form of a noun; -al
4Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English exponent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexponentOne who expounds, represents or advocates; The...
2Latinexpōnēnsexposing
3Latinexpōnōto make conspicuous, to put something where everyone may see it: to expose, exhibit, display, set out
4Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
5Proto-Italicpoznō
6Proto-Italicpozinō
7Proto-Italicsinō

Words derived from “exponential

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus