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Questions about tracing out and describing the elements of an individual word, as well as the historical changes in form and sense which that word has experienced over its history. Please use the 'phrase-origin' tag for phrase/expression origins.
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Differentiate and Integrate
Further to my last question about the history of calculus terms, I am wondering about
the etymology of differentiate
the etymology of integrate
why we speak of a "derivative", but we "differentiate" … instead of "derive"
Please note that by "etymology" I mean the mathematical history of these terms. …
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Fluents and Fluxions
I am wanting to know the etymology behind these words. …