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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedAncient Greek · Ancient Greek · number count

ἀριθμός

number, amount, or counting

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DESCENDS FROM→

PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Indo-European prehistory · count

*h₂rei-

to count

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Greek arithmos is analyzed through a counting base represented by Merriam-Webster as PIE *h₂rei-; Etymonline publishes an expanded *erei-dhmo- formation.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The inherited counting sense remains, while the precise prehistoric formation is reconstructed.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors

CONFIDENCE

proposed — The references agree on a counting family but use materially different root and formation notation.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

S01

Arithmetic — Origin and historyHeadword history: *erei-dhmo- from root *re-

Publishes a materially different reconstruction and formation representation.

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S02

Arithmo- — Word HistoryWord History: arithmos from ari-, going back to *h₂rei-

Publishes the laryngeal root representation followed in the linear dossier.

supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗

EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 445arithmetic

ἀριθμός → *h₂rei-

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