Are Any Words the Same in All Languages?

Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by Tijdreiziger on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:56PM (#37427363)

There is another Dutch word that must be pretty widespread in STEM circles: ‘eigenvector’.

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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by eru on Thursday September 07, 2023 @10:01PM (#37428354)

I always thought Eigenvektor was borrowed from German, not Dutch?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenvalues_and_eigenvectors#H... seems to confirm the German origins, citing David Hilbert and Hermann von Helmholtz as originators of the word.

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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by ernesth on Friday September 08, 2023 @04:42AM (#37431130)

In french, it is "vecteur propre" (which has the same meaning).

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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by planede on Friday September 08, 2023 @04:54AM (#37431204)

You mean "sajátvektor"? (Hungarian)

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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by Ekaros on Friday September 08, 2023 @09:49AM (#37433463)

Now consider the SI units. Could those be some of the most common words between all languages?

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