Where does “semivariation” come from?
semivariation (English) comes from English variation, from Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin variatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
semivariation (English): Variation that only considers certain parts of a function or a stochastic process, typically focusing on only the positive or only the negative changes rather than all changes
Definitions
- Variation that only considers certain parts of a function or a stochastic process, typically focusing on only the positive or only the negative changes rather than all changes
Ancestry of “semivariation”, step by step
semivariation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English variation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | variation | The act of varying; a partial change in the form,... |
| 2 | Middle French | variation | — |
| 3 | Old French | variacion | variation |
| 4 | Latin | variatio | difference, divergence, variation |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |