Where does “vektorisuure” come from?

vektorisuure (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.

vektorisuure (Finnish): vector quantity

Definitions

  1. vector quantity

Ancestry of “vektorisuure”, step by step

vektorisuure 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 suure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuurequantity; quantity, physical quantity
2Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
3Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
4Proto-Germanicstūra-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin vector →