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Where does “μαθηματικά” come from?

μαθηματικά (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μάθημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “μαθηματικά”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμάθημαsomething that is learned: a lesson; learning,...
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “μαθηματικά”

  • mathematical
  • mathematics
  • mathematically
  • maths
  • nonmathematical
  • ethnomathematics
  • metamathematics
  • metamathematical
  • unmathematical
  • ethnomathematical
  • biomathematics
  • biomathematical
  • physicomathematical
  • quasimathematical
  • nonmathematically
  • iatromathematics
  • pseudomathematical
  • pseudomathematics
  • iatromathematical
  • unmathematically
  • geomathematical
  • physicomathematics
  • mathematicalism
  • astromathematics
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