Where does “preexponential” come from?
preexponential (English) comes from English exponential, from French exponentiel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
preexponential (English): Describing any factor that multiplies an...
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- Describing any factor that multiplies an...
Ancestry of “preexponential”, step by step
preexponential traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exponential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exponential | Relating to an exponent; Expressed in terms of a... |
| 2 | French | exponentiel | exponential |
| 3 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 4 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |