Where does “Differentialrechnung” come from?
Differentialrechnung (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.
Differentialrechnung (German): differential calculus
Definitions
- differential calculus
Ancestry of “Differentialrechnung”, step by step
Differentialrechnung 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 Rechnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rechnung | bill, restaurant bill; a reckoning, calculation;... |
| 2 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 3 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |