Where does “alphametic” come from?

alphametic (English) comes from English alphabet, from Middle English alphabete.

alphametic (English): A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with...

Definitions

  1. A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with...

Ancestry of “alphametic”, step by step

alphametic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English alphabet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalphabetThe set of letters used when writing in a...
2Middle Englishalphabete—

via English arithmetic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharithmeticThe mathematics of numbers under the operations...
2Frencharithmétiquearithmetic; arithmetic, arithmetical
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