Where does “arithmetic” come from?

Arithmetic comes from Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmetica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική, derived from ἀριθμητικός, from ἀριθμός meaning number, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- or h₂rey-.

arithmetic (English): The mathematics of numbers under the operations...

Definitions

  1. The mathematics of numbers under the operations...

Ancestry of “arithmetic”, step by step

arithmetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French arithmétique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharithmétiquearithmetic; arithmetic, arithmetical

via Middle English arsmetike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englisharsmetike

Words derived from “arithmetic

Every word from French arithmétique