Where does “零ベクトル” come from?
零ベクトル (Japanese) comes from Japanese ベクトル, from German Vektor, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
零ベクトル (Japanese): a zero vector
Definitions
- a zero vector
Ancestry of “零ベクトル”, step by step
零ベクトル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |