Where does “vector” come from?

vector (Romanian) comes from French vecteur, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

vector (Romanian): vector

Definitions

  1. vector

Ancestry of “vector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvecteurdisease-carrying; disease-carrier, vector; vector
2Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin vector