Etymology

arccosecant

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Today it means: function that is the compositional inverse of the cosecant function. Symbol: arccsc Full definition →

English cosecant ← Latin arcus ← Proto-Italic *arkuos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*arkuos
  4. Latinarcus
  5. Englisharc-
  6. Englishcosecant
  7. English todayarccosecant

From arc- + cosecant.

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