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Middle English · Middle English, mid-13th–15th century · counting artarsmetike / arsmetrik
arithmetic or the art of computation
- SOUND
- Middle English arsmetike / arsmetrik is respelled arithmetic under renewed alignment with Latin and Greek.
- MEANING
- The counting art remains arithmetic while its domain broadens within modern mathematics.
- CHRONOLOGY
- Sources differ between a mid-thirteenth-century and fifteenth-century English horizon.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
Arithmetic — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History: Middle English arsmetrik; First Known Use
Documents the Middle English form, modern headword, and fifteenth-century reported horizon.
ORIGINAL ↗Arithmetic — Origin and historysupportsHeadword history: mid-13th-century arsmetike; spelling corrected in early 16th century
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 470 ↗Documents an earlier reported horizon and the classical respelling.
ORIGINAL ↗