Where does “mathematical” come from?
Mathematical comes from English mathematics, derived from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός, formed with the suffix -ικός from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
mathematical (English): Of, or relating to mathematics; Possible but...
Definitions
- Of, or relating to mathematics; Possible but...
Ancestry of “mathematical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mathematics | An abstract representational system used in the... |
| 2 | English | mathematic | mathematical |
| 3 | Old French | mathematique | — |
| 4 | Latin | mathēmatica | mathematics |
| 5 | Latin | mathēmaticus | Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “mathematical”
- mathematically
- nonmathematical
- metamathematical
- unmathematical
- ethnomathematical
- biomathematical
- physicomathematical
- quasimathematical
- nonmathematically
- mathemagical
- pseudomathematical
- iatromathematical
- unmathematically
- geomathematical
- mathemaku
- mathematicalism
- astromathematical
- logicomathematical
- mathematicality
- multimathematical
- neuromathematical
- philomathematical
- semimathematical
- biomathematically