mathematics

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμαθηματικός“on the matter of that which is learned”
2. Latin · derived frommathēmatica“mathematics”
3. Old French · derived frommathematique
4. Middle English · inherited frommathematique
5. English todaymathematics

First use appears c. 1545. From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.

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