Etymology of Regression
In math and machine learning, there are jargons like • linear regression • logistic regression.
what do they mean by regression?
basically, they mean tracing back, similar to the sense of reverse engineering.
![Etymology of Regression 2023-09-23](i/Etymology_of_Regression_2023-09-23.png)
early 15c., “act of passing back or returning,” from Latin regressionem (nominative regressio) “a going back, a return,” noun of action from past-participle stem of regredi “to go back” (see regress (n.)).
From 1590s as “act of returning toward a point of departure” (of fluids, spirits, actions, etc.); from 1640s as “return (to or into) a certain state or condition, relapse.” Genetics sense is by 1885.
2023-09-23 from https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=Regression