math
noun
Origin
From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.
Phrases
- applied math
- check the math
- discrete math
- do the math
- fuzzy math
- girl math
- harder than Chinese math
- math circle
- the math is mathing
Related words
Word family
- mathematically
- mathematics
- mathematical
- mathematical function
- mathematical group
- mathematical logic
- mathematical notation
- mathematical operation
- mathematical process
- mathematical product
- mathematical proof
- mathematical relation
- mathematical space
- mathematical statement
- mathematical statistician
- mathematical symbol
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