Where does “ゼロベクトル” come from?
ゼロベクトル (Japanese) comes from Japanese ゼロ, from English zero, from Middle French zero, from Italian Zero, from New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य.
Ancestry of “ゼロベクトル”, step by step
ゼロベクトル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ゼロ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ゼロ | zero; Used to refer to something measurable being... |
| 2 | English | zero | The cardinal number occurring before one and that... |
| 3 | Middle French | zero | — |
| 4 | Italian | Zero | zero |
| 5 | New Latin | zerum | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | zephirum | zero |
| 7 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |
via Japanese ベクトル
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ベクトル | vector; direction |
| 2 | German | Vektor | vector |
| 3 | Latin | vector | bearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |