Where does “momenttifunktio” come from?
momenttifunktio (Finnish) comes from Finnish funktio, from Latin functiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
momenttifunktio (Finnish): moment-generating function
Definitions
- moment-generating function
Ancestry of “momenttifunktio”, step by step
momenttifunktio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish funktio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | funktio | function |
| 2 | Latin | functiō | performance, execution (of a task) |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish momentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | momentti | a moment, phase, point, element; moment; A... |
| 2 | Swedish | moment | a step in a process |
| 3 | Latin | mōmentum | movement, motion, impulse; course |
| 4 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |