Where does “vec” come from?

vec (Slovak) comes from English vectorization, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

vec (Slovak): thing; business

Definitions

  1. thing; business

Ancestry of “vec”, step by step

vec traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English vectorization

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishvectorizationthe action of vectorizing
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ationation
5Latin-ātiō
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Proto-Slavic veťь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicveťьthing
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Arabic وَجْه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَجْهface

Words derived from “vec

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ