Etymology

arccotangent

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Today it means: An inverse of the cotangent function. Symbol: arccot Full definition →

English cotangent ← 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. Englishcotangent
  7. English todayarccotangent

From arc- + cotangent.

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