*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 334

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03regionalMAPPABLE REGION

circa 1250 English horizon

Medieval England

arithmetic DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Etymonline reports arsmetike in the mid-thirteenth century, while Merriam-Webster's first-known-use report begins in the fifteenth.

COORDINATES STORED
YES
HONEST TO PLOT
YES
PLACEMENT MODE
regional
TIME PRECISION
circa
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The ten-year window renders “mid-13th century” approximately and keeps the competing later report visible.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. challenges

    Arithmetic — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use

    Preserves the later institutional first-use report.

    First Known Use: 15th centuryAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    Arithmetic — Origin and history

    Supports the approximate 1250 horizon.

    Headword history: mid-13c. arsmetikeAUDIT SOURCE ↗