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geometry
Geometry comes from Middle English gemetry.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gemetry
- Englishearliest quotation 1925geometry
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gemetry
- Englishearliest quotation 1925geometry
Earliest quotation: 1925, René Descartes, The Geometry of Rene Descartes: “ANY problem in geometry can easily be reduced to…”
Equivalent to geometer + -y
Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης
Late Latin geōmetrēs ‘geometer, geometrician’
Middle English gemeter
English geometer
Every English word from Middle English gemetry
Today it means
noun The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gemetry / geometry