Origin of Mathematical Terms

I’m always curious about when particular mathematical terms started to be used. They haven’t been around forever, after all. Here’s some origins of mathematical terms. Here’s some earliest know uses of some mathematical words.

posted at 17:58 on Mon, 30 Aug, 2004 | path: /work

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