Where does “triangulateration” come from?
triangulateration (English) comes from English trilateration, from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν, from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι — up, upon.
triangulateration (English): A combination of triangulation and trilateration
Definitions
- A combination of triangulation and trilateration
Ancestry of “triangulateration”, step by step
triangulateration traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trilateration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trilateration | The determination of the location of a point... |
| 2 | English | Ion | Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people |
| 3 | Romanian | Ion | John |
| 4 | French | ion | ion |
| 5 | English | ion | An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical... |
| 6 | English | anion | A negatively charged ion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνιόν | going up |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄνειμι | go up |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |
via English triangulation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triangulation | A technique in which distances and directions are... |
| 2 | Latin | triangulare | nominative neuter singular of triangulāris;... |
| 3 | French | triangulaire | triangular; three-way race, struggle etc |
| 4 | Latin | triangularis | triangular |
| 5 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 6 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |