English
exponentiation
Ultimately from exponent + -i- + -ation.
Formed from exponent + -i- + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’
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Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’
Latin pōnō ‘to lay, place, put’
Latin expōnō ‘to expose’
Latin expōnēns ‘exposing’
English exponent
Today it means
noun The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exponentiation