Where does “vektoriavaruus” come from?

vektoriavaruus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vektori, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

vektoriavaruus (Finnish): vector space

Definitions

  1. vector space

Ancestry of “vektoriavaruus”, step by step

vektoriavaruus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vektori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvektorivector
2Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Finnish avaruus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavaruusspace; spaciousness; expanse
2Finnishavaraspacious, roomy
3Proto-Finnicavaraample, spacious
4Proto-Finnic-raForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin vector →