mathematica

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “mathematical”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaː.teːˈmaː.ti.kaː/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧the‧ma‧ti‧ca
• Rhymes: -aːtikaː

Noun

mathematica f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (formal) mathematics

   Synonyms: mathematiek, wiskunde

Related terms

• mathematisch
• mathematicus

Descendants

• → Indonesian: matematika

Interlingua

Noun

mathematica (plural mathematicas)

1. mathematics

   Secundo Jamblicho, le mathematica es le medio per qual le anima da unitate a lo diverse e es capabile de rationalisar le ordine de lo sensibile.^(WP)

   According to Iamblichus, mathematics is the medium by which the soul gives unity to the diverse and is capable of perceiving by reason the order of the sensory.

Latin

Alternative forms

• mathēmaticē

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁-der.

Proto-Hellenic *məntʰánō

Ancient Greek μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek μᾰ́θημᾰ (mắthēmă)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós)bor.

Latin mathēmaticus

Latin mathematica

From mathēmaticus (“mathematical”), borrowed from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μᾰ́θημᾰ (mắthēmă, “learning; mathematics”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.tʰeːˈma.tɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.teˈmaː.ti.ka]

Noun

mathēmatica f (genitive mathēmaticae); first declension

1. mathematics

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	mathēmatica
genitive	mathēmaticae
dative	mathēmaticae
accusative	mathēmaticam
ablative	mathēmaticā
vocative	mathēmatica

Descendants

• → Armenian: մաթեմատիկա (matʻematika)
• → Bulgarian: матема́тика (matemátika)
• → Dutch: mathematica
  • → Indonesian: matematika
• ⇒ English: mathematics, mathematicks (obsolete)
  • → Hawaiian: makemakika
  • → Malay: matematik
  • → Scottish Gaelic: matamataig, matamataic
  • → Welsh: mathemateg
• ⇒ Finnish: matematiikka
• → French: mathématiques (learned)
  • Haitian Creole: matematik
• ⇒ German: Mathematik
• → Hebrew: מתמטיקה
• ⇒ Hungarian: matematika
• ⇒ Irish: matamaitic
• Italian: matematica
• ⇒ Latvian: matemātika
• → Polish: matematyka (learned)
  • → Russian: матема́тика (matemátika)
    • → Kazakh: математика (matematıyka)
    • → Mongolian: математик (matematik)
    • → Tajik: математика (matematika)
    • → Uyghur: ماتېماتىكا (matëmatika)
• → Portuguese: matemática (learned)
• ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: матема̀тика
  • Latin script: matemàtika
• ⇒ Spanish: matemática
  • → Tagalog: matemátiká
• ⇒ Ukrainian: матема́тика (matemátyka)
• ⇒ Yiddish: מאַטעמאַטיק (matematik)

References

• "mathematica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mathematica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • mathematics: mathematica (-ae) or geometria (-ae), geometrica (-orum) (Tusc. 1. 24. 57)