Where does “vector” come from?

Vector comes from Latin vector, derived from Latin veho meaning to carry or convey, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- meaning to move or transport.

vector (English): A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and...

Definitions

A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and...

Ancestry of “vector”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	vector	bearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
2	Latin	-tor	-er
3	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
4	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

Words derived from “vector”

phasor
vectorial
vectorization
vectorscope
vectorially
isovector
subvector
vectoral
vectorize
multivector
vectorcardiogram
bivector
adenovector
vectorisation
pseudovector
vectorizable
covector
supervector
autovector
vectorcardiography
vectorise
vectorizer
vectorizability
vectorlike

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