Middle English arsmetike / arsmetrik is respelled arithmetic under renewed alignment with Latin and Greek.
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arithmetic
the art, practice, or branch of mathematics concerned with numbers and calculation
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English, mid-13th–15th century · counting artarsmetike / arsmetrik
arithmetic or the art of computation
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The counting art remains arithmetic while its domain broadens within modern mathematics.
Sources differ between a mid-thirteenth-century and fifteenth-century English horizon.
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Arithmetic — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: Middle English arsmetrik; First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the Middle English form, modern headword, and fifteenth-century reported horizon.
Arithmetic — Origin and historyHeadword history: mid-13th-century arsmetike; spelling corrected in early 16th century
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents an earlier reported horizon and the classical respelling.
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