| Nederlands | betekenis | Engels | Frans |
| aritmetiek | rekenkunde | arithmetic | arithmétique |
| ln | natuurlijke logaritme, grondtal: e = 2,7.. | ln | logarithme néperien |
| log(aritme) | te berekenen exponent, b.v. de x in: 10x = 100 | logarithm | logarithme |
L : numerare - tellen, putare - rekenen
G : mathèma - wiskunde
| L : numerus | G : arithmos | voorbeeld | |
| unus | mono- , proto- , hen- | proton | |
| duo , bi- | di- , deutero- , do- | deuterium, 2H | |
| tres | tri- | trigonometry | |
| quattuor | tetra- | tetraëder | |
| quinque | penta- | pentagon | |
| sex | hexa- | Hexagone | |
| septem | hepta- | heptaan | |
| octo | octa- | octet (byte) | |
| novem , nona- | ennea- | noon (9e h) | |
| decem | deca- | decade | |
| viginti | icosa- | icosaëder | |
| centum | hecto- | hectopascal | |
| mille | chilia- , kilo- | kilogram | |
| - | myria- | myriapoden |