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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition |
| 6 | Latin | condīcō | to talk something over together, agree to/upon, concert, promise; fix, appoint |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |