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ALL SOURCES ↗BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYmw-arithmo
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historical dictionarymw-arithmo
Arithmo- — Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opensupportsproposed
Is the deepest counting root *h₂rei- or *erei-dhmo- from *re-?
The references use different levels and notations: Merriam-Webster derives the Greek base through *h₂rei-, while Etymonline prints an expanded *erei-dhmo- formation tied to *re-.
Word History: *h₂rei-Publishes the root followed in the linear path.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 475supportsproposed
ἀριθμός → *h₂rei-
Ancient Greek → Proto-Indo-European · proposed inheritance
- SOUND
- Greek arithmos is analyzed through a counting base represented by Merriam-Webster as PIE *h₂rei-; Etymonline publishes an expanded *erei-dhmo- formation.
- MEANING
- The inherited counting sense remains, while the precise prehistoric formation is reconstructed.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
Word History: arithmos from ari-, going back to *h₂rei-Publishes the laryngeal root representation followed in the linear dossier.
EDGE 476supportsboundary
*h₂rei- → UNKNOWN
Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary
- SOUND
- The graph stops beyond the competing reconstruction notations.
- MEANING
- No deeper number-word is promoted as settled fact.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster
Reconstructed *h₂rei- analysisSupports an explicit boundary beyond the published counting root.
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NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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