Where does “絶対値” come from?
絶対値 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 絶対, from English absolute, from Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus, from Latin absolvō, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē- — six.
絶対値 (Japanese): absolute value
Definitions
- absolute value
Ancestry of “絶対値”, step by step
絶対値 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 絶対
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 絶対 | absolute, certain; unlimited; absoluteness, an... |
| 2 | English | absolute | Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications... |
| 3 | Middle English | absolut | — |
| 4 | Middle French | absolut | — |
| 5 | Latin | absolūtus | concluded, finished, complete, having been ended |
| 6 | Latin | absolvō | to release, discharge |
| 7 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 8 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 9 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |