Where does “ortogonal” come from?

ortogonal (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French orthogonal, from Medieval Latin orthogonalis, from Latin orthogonius, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογώνιος, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός, from Proto-Hellenic ortʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥dʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ- — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ortogonal (Norwegian Bokmål): orthogonal

Definitions

  1. orthogonal

Ancestry of “ortogonal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchorthogonalorthogonal
2Medieval Latinorthogonalisorthogonal
3Latinorthogoniusright-angled; rectangular; orthogonal
4Ancient Greekὀρθογώνιοςright-angled; rectangular
5Ancient Greekὀρθόςstraight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a...
6Proto-Hellenicortʰwós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥dʰwós
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥dʰwós
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