Where does “cosinus” come from?

cosinus (Polish) comes from New Latin cosinus, from Latin complementi sinus.

cosinus (Polish): cosine

Definitions

  1. cosine

Ancestry of “cosinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latincosinusco-pocket
2Latincomplementi sinus—
Every word from Latin complementi sinus →Every word from New Latin cosinus →