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A Dutch friend once said that the one word from his language that has had universal reach was "apartheid"... I'm sure that if there are any truly global words t
by jangliss 3y ago
A Dutch friend once said that the one word from his language that has had universal reach was "apartheid"... I'm sure that if there are any truly global words they are probably ones like that (initially) attached to a specific geographical context.
- vidarh 3y agoApartheid translates to entirely different words in a number of languages it seems.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoThere is another Dutch word that must be pretty widespread in STEM circles: ‘eigenvector’.
- eru 3y agoI always thought Eigenvektor was borrowed from German, not Dutch? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenvalues_and_eigenvectors#History 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.
- ernesth 3y agoIn french, it is "vecteur propre" (which has the same meaning).
- planede 3y agoYou mean "sajátvektor"? (Hungarian) https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saj%C3%A1tvektor_%C3%A9s_saj%C3%A1t%C3%A9rt%C3%A9k https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saj%C3%A1tvektor_%C3%A9s_saj%C...
- Ekaros 3y agoNow consider the SI units. Could those be some of the most common words between all languages?