Where does “Differentialgleichung” come from?
Differentialgleichung (German) comes from German Differential, from Latin differentialis, from Latin differentia, from Latin differēns, from Latin differre, from Latin differo, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Differentialgleichung (German): differential equation
Definitions
- differential equation
Ancestry of “Differentialgleichung”, step by step
Differentialgleichung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Differential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Differential | differential |
| 2 | Latin | differentialis | differential |
| 3 | Latin | differentia | difference; diversity; nominative neuter plural... |
| 4 | Latin | differēns | spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating |
| 5 | Latin | differre | present active infinitive of differō |
| 6 | Latin | differo | I carry different ways, spread, scatter,... |
| 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 German Gleichung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gleichung | equation, equality |
| 2 | German | gleich | equal; same; very similar; same; identical |
| 3 | Middle High German | gelīch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gilīh | equal |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |