Etymology

dyscalculia

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Ancient Greek δυσ- ← Latin calculare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcalculare
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromδυσ-“bad”
  3. English todaydyscalculia

From dys- (from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”)) + calculate (from Latin calculare).

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