Where does “matemaatikaõpetaja” come from?
matemaatikaõpetaja (Estonian) comes from Estonian matemaatika, from German Mathematik, from English mathematic, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica, from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
matemaatikaõpetaja (Estonian): mathematics teacher
Definitions
- mathematics teacher
Ancestry of “matemaatikaõpetaja”, step by step
matemaatikaõpetaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian matemaatika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | matemaatika | mathematics |
| 2 | German | Mathematik | mathematics |
| 3 | English | mathematic | mathematical |
| 4 | Old French | mathematique | — |
| 5 | Latin | mathēmatica | mathematics |
| 6 | Latin | mathēmaticus | Of or pertaining to mathematics; mathematical |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαθηματικός | scientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |