Where does “trilateration” come from?

trilateration (English) comes from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν, from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι, from Ancient Greek ἀνά — up, upon.

trilateration (English): The determination of the location of a point...

Definitions

  1. The determination of the location of a point...

Ancestry of “trilateration”, step by step

trilateration traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Ion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIonSon of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people
2RomanianIonJohn
3Frenchionion
4EnglishionAn atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical...
5EnglishanionA negatively charged ion
6Ancient Greekἀνιόνgoing up
7Ancient Greekἄνειμιgo up
8Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
9Proto-Hellenic*anáup, upon

via English trilaterate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrilaterateTo locate by means of trilateration

Words derived from “trilateration

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *aná