Where does “nestohedron” come from?
nestohedron (English) comes from English ‐o‐, from English -prim, from English trimethoprim, from English trimethoxy, from English methoxy, from English oxy-, from English oxygen, from French oxygène — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nestohedron (English): For a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices ΔS as S ranges over B. (Here ΔS is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors ei for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron
Definitions
- For a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices ΔS as S ranges over B. (Here ΔS is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors ei for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron
Ancestry of “nestohedron”, step by step
nestohedron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ‐o‐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 2 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 3 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 4 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 5 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 6 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 7 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 8 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English nest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nest | A structure built by a bird as a place to... |
| 2 | Middle English | nest | nest |
| 3 | Old English | nēst | nest |
| 4 | Old English | nīehst | nearest, next |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | **nāhwist(ō) | nearest, closest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwist | nearest, closest |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nēhw | near, close |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwaz | near, close |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nḗḱwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |