Where did the language of maths come from?

[Eric Mc]

Halb said:

Eric Mc said:

Some of the basic stuff is actually Arabic. It was the Arabs who popularised the use of Base 10 and it was also the Arabs who invented the concept of Zero and Minus numbers.

It was the Indians who created 'zero'.

Noted for future reference - probably the ASrabs nicked teh idea.

For the OP, in the UK, we always shorten Mathematics to "Maths". We look on "Math" as a very American expression. However, you will be pleased to learn that "Math", like a lot of Americanisms, is becoming more common over here.