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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

The word "mathematics" (Greek: μαθηματικά or ''mathēmatiká'') comes from the [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] μάθημα (''máthēma''), which means ''learning'', ''study'', ''science'', and additionally came to have the narrower and more technical meaning "mathematical study", even in Classical times. Its adjective is μαθηματικός (''mathēmatikós''), ''related to learning'', or ''studious'', which likewise further came to mean ''mathematical''. In particular, {{polytonic|μαθηματικὴ τέχνη}} (''mathēmatikḗ tékhnē''), in [[Latin]] ''ars mathematica'', meant ''the mathematical art''.

The word "mathematics" (Greek: μαθηματικά or ''mathēmatiká'') comes from the [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] μάθημα (''máthēma''), which means ''learning'', ''study'', ''science'', and additionally came to have the narrower and more technical meaning "mathematical study", even in Classical times. Its adjective is μαθηματικός (''mathēmatikós''), ''related to learning'', or ''studious'', which likewise further came to mean ''mathematical''. In particular, (''mathēmatikḗ tékhnē''), in [[Latin]] ''ars mathematica'', meant ''the mathematical art''.

The apparent plural form in [[English language|English]], like the [[French language|French]] plural form ''les mathématiques'' (and the less commonly used singular derivative ''la mathématique''), goes back to the Latin neuter plural ''mathematica'' ([[Cicero]]), based on the Greek plural τα μαθηματικά (''ta mathēmatiká''), used by [[Aristotle]], and meaning roughly "all things mathematical".<ref>''[[The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology]]'', ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''</ref>  In English, however, ''mathematics'' is a singular noun, often shortened to ''math'' in English-speaking North America and ''maths'' elsewhere.

The apparent plural form in [[English language|English]], like the [[French language|French]] plural form ''les mathématiques'' (and the less commonly used singular derivative ''la mathématique''), goes back to the Latin neuter plural ''mathematica'' ([[Cicero]]), based on the Greek plural τα μαθηματικά (''ta mathēmatiká''), used by [[Aristotle]], and meaning roughly "all things mathematical".<ref>''[[The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology]]'', ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''</ref>  In English, however, ''mathematics'' is a singular noun, often shortened to ''math'' in English-speaking North America and ''maths'' elsewhere.