approximatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe

Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos

Latin proximus

Latin proximō

Latin approximō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin approximātiō

From approximō + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ap.prɔk.sɪˈmaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ap.prok.siˈmat.t͡si.o]

Noun

approximātiō f (genitive approximātiōnis); third declension

1. approximation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	approximātiō	approximātiōnēs
genitive	approximātiōnis	approximātiōnum
dative	approximātiōnī	approximātiōnibus
accusative	approximātiōnem	approximātiōnēs
ablative	approximātiōne	approximātiōnibus
vocative	approximātiō	approximātiōnēs

Related terms

• approximō

Descendants

• → Catalan: aproximació
• → French: approximation
• → Galician: aproximación
• → Italian: approssimazione
• → Portuguese: aproximação
• → Romanian: aproximație
• → Russian: аппроксима́ция f (approksimácija)
• → Spanish: aproximación

References

• "approximatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)