What is iota function full name

[JN]

On Friday, 21 June 2019 at 09:18:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
So, iota is
> the name of the function, and it doesn't stand for anything. 
> It's just the name of the Greek letter that was used for a 
> similar function in another language that most programmers 
> these days have probably never heard of.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

I don't even understand why get so much inspiration from C++. Why 
not just name it seq or sequence?