Where does “preconditioner” come from?
preconditioner (English) comes from English conditioner, from English condition, from Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Latin condiciō, from Latin condīcō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
preconditioner (English): A matrix that has a smaller condition number than...
Definitions
- A matrix that has a smaller condition number than...
Ancestry of “preconditioner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | conditioner | anything that improves the condition of... |
| 2 | English | condition | A logical clause or phrase that a conditional... |
| 3 | Middle English | condicioun | condition |
| 4 | Old French | condicion | condition; social rank |
| 5 | Latin | condiciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | condīcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |