Where does “pseudovector” come from?

pseudovector (English) comes from English vector, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

pseudovector (English): A quantity that transforms like a vector under a...

Definitions

  1. A quantity that transforms like a vector under a...

Ancestry of “pseudovector”, step by step

pseudovector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vector

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvectorA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and...
2Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Catalan vector

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvectorvector
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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