arithmetic · noun, adjective1
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂rey-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῐθμός (ărĭthmós)
- Ancient Greekἀριθμέω (arithméō)
- Ancient Greekἀριθμητῐκός (arithmētĭkós)
- Ancient Greekἀριθμητῐκή (arithmētĭkḗ)
- Latinarithmētica
- Ancient Greekἀριθμητῐκός (arithmētĭkós)
- Latinarithmēticu
- Old Frencharismetique
- Middle Englisharsmetike
- English todayarithmetic
From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”). Used in English since 13th century.
arithmetic · adjective2
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀριθμητῐκός
- Latin · derived fromarithmēticus
- French · borrowed fromarithmétique
- English todayarithmetic
From French arithmétique, from Latin arithmēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητῐκός (arithmētĭkós).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.