Middle English adapts Old French and Anglo-French forms; a folk association with ars metrica contributes the extra r in some spellings.
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arsmetike / arsmetrik
arithmetic or the art of computation
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld French · Old French and Anglo-French, 12th century onward · counting artarsmetique / arismatike
arithmetic or reckoning
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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: AARITHMETIC section: medieval spelling confusions
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies a history-of-mathematics account of the extra-r spellings.
Arithmetic — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: Anglo-French arismatike
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents French transmission.
Arithmetic — Origin and historyHeadword history: Old French arsmetique and ars metrica folk analysis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents both the borrowing and medieval extra-r analysis.
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