Where does “'rithmetic” come from?

'rithmetic (English) comes from English arithmetic, from French arithmétique — arithmetic; arithmetic, arithmetical.

'rithmetic (English): Abbreviation of arithmetic

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of arithmetic

Ancestry of “'rithmetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharithmeticThe mathematics of numbers under the operations...
2Frencharithmétiquearithmetic; arithmetic, arithmetical
Every word from French arithmétique →Every word from English arithmetic →
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