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Where does “mathematisch” come from?

mathematisch (German) comes from German Mathematik, from English mathematic, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica, from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

mathematisch (German): mathematical

Definitions

  1. mathematical

Ancestry of “mathematisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMathematikmathematics
2Englishmathematicmathematical
3Old Frenchmathematique—
4Latinmathēmatica—
5Latinmathēmaticus—
6Ancient Greekμαθηματικόςscientific, esp. mathematical; astronomical;...
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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