Where does “uniparameter” come from?
uniparameter (English) comes from English parameter, from French paramètre, from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
uniparameter (English): Having, or defined using a single parameter
Definitions
- Having, or defined using a single parameter
Ancestry of “uniparameter”, step by step
uniparameter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parameter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parameter | A value kept constant during an experiment,... |
| 2 | French | paramètre | parameter |
| 3 | French | para- | para |
| 4 | Italian | para- | para |
| 5 | Italian | para | crepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular... |
| 6 | Italian | paranoia | paranoia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παράνοια | derangement, madness |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |