Where does “trigonometric” come from?
Trigonometric comes from English trigonometry, from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, combining Ancient Greek γωνία meaning angle with Proto-Indo-European tréyes meaning three.
trigonometric (English): of, relating to, or constructed using...
Definitions
- of, relating to, or constructed using...
Ancestry of “trigonometric”, step by step
trigonometric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French trigonométrique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | trigonométrique | trigonometric |
| 2 | French | trigonométrie | trigonometry |
| 3 | Latin | trigonometria | trigonometry |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τρίγωνον | triangle; one of the Athenian lawcourts; the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τρίγωνος | three-cornered; three-sided |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γωνία | corner, angle; joiner's square; cornerstone |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γόνυ | knee |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | gónu | knee |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónu | knee |
via English trigonometry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trigonometry | The branch of mathematics that deals with the... |