alleryThe word sine came into European texts from the word:
ASinus
BSigma
CSignum
DSimple
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sinus
1. The idea travelled from India through Arabic into Latin.
2. One Latin form then spread across Europe.
3. The word sinus, also used as sine, became common.
4. So the answer is sinus.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Ch 8 'Introduction to Trigonometry'_
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