Where does “Ortsvektor” come from?
Ortsvektor (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.
Ortsvektor (German): position vector
Definitions
- position vector
Ancestry of “Ortsvektor”, step by step
Ortsvektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Vektor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vektor | vector |
| 2 | Latin | vector | bearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via German ort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ort | place, location, point, position |
| 2 | Middle High German | ort | point , corner, end point, boundary, border,... |
| 3 | Old High German | ort | sharp point |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *oʀd | sharp point, spear-point, spear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uzdaz | sharp point; place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wes- | to dress, clothe |