Where does “Einheitsvektor” come from?

Einheitsvektor (German) comes from German Vektor, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Einheitsvektor (German): unit vector

Definitions

  1. unit vector

Ancestry of “Einheitsvektor”, step by step

Einheitsvektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vektor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVektorvector
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 German Einheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinheitunit; unity
2Germaneinsone; one, one o'clock; Alternative form of eines:...
3Middle High Germaneines—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →