Axiomatician
/ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪʃ.ən/noun
A person who formulates, studies, or works with axioms and axiomatic systems.
Did you know?An axiom was historically something accepted as worthy or self-evident, giving axiomatician a subtle connection to the ancient language of authority and unquestioned truth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ag-
“To drive, weigh, or evaluate; the proposed ancestral root behind the Greek idea of worth.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
axios
“Worthy, deserving, or of sufficient value.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
axiōma
“That which is considered worthy; a principle accepted as self-evident.”
Late Antiquity
Latin
axioma
“An axiom or established proposition, borrowed from Greek.”
16th Century
English
axiom
“A self-evident proposition or foundational principle.”
Modern English
English
axiomatician
“A person concerned with the creation or study of axioms and formal systems; a rare derivative of axiomatic.”