- math (n.1)
[math 词源字典]
- American English shortening of mathematics, 1890; the British preference, maths, is attested from 1911.[math etymology, math origin, 英语词源]
- math (n.2)
- "a mowing," Old English mæð "mowing, cutting of grass," from Proto-Germanic *mediz (cognates: Old Frisian meth, Old High German mad, German Mahd "mowing, hay crop"), from PIE *me- (4) "to cut grass" (see mow (v.)).