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Where does “sinusoidal” come from?

Sinusoidal comes from English sinusoid, from Latin sinus, from Arabic جَيْب, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European seh₁y- and Sanskrit ज्या to Proto-Indo-European gʷiH-.

sinusoidal (English): Having the shape or characteristics of a sine...

Definitions

  1. Having the shape or characteristics of a sine...

Ancestry of “sinusoidal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsinusoidA curve having the shape of a sine wave; Any of...
2English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
3Latin-oides-like, -form
4Greek-οending for "accusative singular" forms ; and some...
5Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
6Spanish-scopio-scope
7Latin-scopium—
8Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
9Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
10Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
11Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “sinusoidal”

  • sinusoidally
  • nonsinusoidal
  • perisinusoidal
  • cosinusoidal
  • presinusoidal
  • postsinusoidal
  • intrasinusoidal
  • sinusoidalize
  • perisinusoidally
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