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Where does “hypergeometric” come from?

hypergeometric (English) comes from English geometric, from French géométrique, from French géométrie, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

hypergeometric (English): Pertaining to mathematical entities of different...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to mathematical entities of different...

Ancestry of “hypergeometric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeometricOf or relating to geometry; Increasing or...
2Frenchgéométriquegeometric
3Frenchgéométriegeometry
4Ancient Greekγεωμετρίαgeometry, land-survey
5Ancient Greekγεωμέτρηςland measurer
6Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
7Latin-logia-logy; the study of
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “hypergeometric”

  • hypergeometrically
  • nonhypergeometric
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