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arsmetike / arsmetrik

arithmetic or the art of computation

DATE: Middle English, mid-13th–15th century
SENSE: counting art
FAMILY: Indo-European / West Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:2:arsmetike arsmetrik:attested:sense:counting-art

The extra r reflects a medieval folk analysis involving ars metrica; the classical spelling was restored later.

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Old French · Old French and Anglo-French, 12th century onward · counting art

arsmetique / arismatike

arithmetic or reckoning

SOUND: Middle English adapts Old French and Anglo-French forms; a folk association with ars metrica contributes the extra r in some spellings.
MEANING: The practical and learned counting discipline remains central.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster · Etymonline · MacTutor editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: AcontextARITHMETIC section: medieval spelling confusions

Supplies a history-of-mathematics account of the extra-r spellings.

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Arithmetic — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History: Anglo-French arismatike

Documents French transmission.

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Arithmetic — Origin and historysupportsHeadword history: Old French arsmetique and ars metrica folk analysis

Documents both the borrowing and medieval extra-r analysis.

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Present-Day English · mid-13th century–today · number calculation

arithmetic

the art, practice, or branch of mathematics concerned with numbers and calculation

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
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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.

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Arithmetic — Origin and historysupportsHeadword history: mid-13th-century arsmetike; spelling corrected in early 16th century

Documents an earlier reported horizon and the classical respelling.

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Middle Englisharsmetike / arsmetrik→Present-Day English · mid-13th century–todayarithmeticthe art, practice, or branch of mathematics concerned with numbers and calculation

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.

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Arithmetic — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History: Middle English arsmetrik; First Known Use ↗Arithmetic — Origin and history · Headword history: mid-13th-century arsmetike; spelling corrected in early 16th century ↗

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