mathematician

The story

1. Latin · derived from-iānus
2. Middle French · derived from-ien
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromμαθηματικός“fond of learning”
4. Latin · derived frommathēmatica
5. Middle French · derived frommathematicien
6. Middle English · inherited frommathematicion
7. English todaymathematician

From Middle English mathematicion, from Middle French mathematicien, from mathematique f sg (“mathematics”) (from Latin mathēmatica, feminine of mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”) + -ικός (-ikós)) + Middle French -ien (from Latin -iānus). Displaced native Old English rīmcræftiga. By surface analysis, mathematic + -ian.

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