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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | exponentiel | exponential |
| 2 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 3 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English exponent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exponent | One who expounds, represents or advocates; The... |
| 2 | Latin | expōnēns | exposing |
| 3 | Latin | expōnō | to make conspicuous, to put something where everyone may see it: to expose, exhibit, display, set out |
| 4 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
Words derived from “exponential”
- exponentially
- preexponential
- monoexponential
- biexponential
- nonexponential
- multiexponential
- hyperexponential
- subexponential
- exponentiality
- nonexponentially
- superexponential
- triexponential
- biexponentially
- superexponentially
- monoexponentially
- subexponentially
- nonexponentiality
- exponenciális
- LogSumExp
- exponentialfunktion
- hypoexponential
- midexponential
- polyexponential
- postexponential