Abstract
Most of scientifical terms and symbols utilized for survey and photogrammetry have abundantly been derived to Japan through Dutch, French, German, English and so forth, as the European languages; however those had originated from Greek and Latin which are important to understand their original meanings of linguistic roots.
This report describes to investigate etymology concerning terms and symbols employed for mathematics, survey and photogrammetry where it has clarified that, namely, the interior angles α and γ of a triangle correspond with “αγκιστρευω”and“γωυια”in Greek, the symbols e, ε and η for the error concur with “erratum”in Latin, the symbols d, δ and Δ for the residual agree with “διαφορα”in Greek, the abbreviations φ and λ (1) expressing latitude and longitude are derived from“φαρδοζ”in Greek and“longitudo”in Latin, and the symbols κ, φ, and ω showing the rotational angles of an aerial photograph coincide with “krabbe” or “krebs” (as “swing”or “crab”) in German “pechari (G. becher) ” (as “pitching (pitcher) ”) in Old High German and “Walzen” (as “rolling”) in German, respectively.
