Where does “triangulation” come from?
Triangulation derives from Latin triangulatione, from Latin triangulatus, from Latin triangulum, from Latin tri- and angulum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ti-.
triangulation (English): A technique in which distances and directions are...
Definitions
- A technique in which distances and directions are...
Ancestry of “triangulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | triangulare | nominative neuter singular of triangulāris;... |
| 2 | French | triangulaire | triangular; three-way race, struggle etc |
| 3 | Latin | triangularis | triangular |
| 4 | Latin | triangulus | triangular, three-cornered, three-sided;... |
| 5 | Latin | Angulus | A city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂engulos | joint? |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |