English
del
From delta, the symbol being an inverted delta.
Another origin of del
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*līnomuncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līnomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīnum‘flax’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneus‘flaxen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīnea‘a line’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneō‘make straight’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēlīneōas dēlīneāvit‘he/she delineated’
- Englishtodaydel
Today it means
noun The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / del