Where does “ard-vieys” come from?
ard-vieys (Manx) comes from Manx mie, from Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic matis, from Serbo-Croatian matematika, from Latin mathēmatica, from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
ard-vieys (Manx): excellence
Ancestry of “ard-vieys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | mie | good; moral; favourable |
| 2 | Old Irish | maith | good; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | matis | good |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | matematika | mathematics |
| 5 | Latin | mathēmatica | — |
| 6 | Latin | mathēmaticus | — |
| 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 |