mathematics
/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ · noun
Meaning
- An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
- A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
Etymology / origin
1580s; 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.
- rīmcræft(ang)→
- μαθηματικός(Ancient Greek)→
- mathēmatica(la)→
- mathematique(fro)→
- mathematique(enm)→
- *men- (think)(ine-pro)→
- mathematics (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der, der, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- matikmatik(Cebuano) (der)
- makemakika(Hawaiian) (cog)
- מתמטיקה(Hebrew) (cog)
- matematik(Malay) (bor)
- മാത്തമാറ്റിക്സ്(Malayalam) (bor)
- matamataig(Scottish Gaelic) (bor)
- mathemateg(Welsh) (bor)
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