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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseゼロzero; Used to refer to something measurable being...
2EnglishzeroThe cardinal number occurring before one and that...
3Middle Frenchzero
4ItalianZerozero
5New Latinzerum
6Medieval Latinzephirumzero
7Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
8Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-

via Japanese ベクトル

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseベクトルvector; direction
2GermanVektorvector
3Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-