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Theorem

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a mathematical statement proven true through logical reasoning
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Stage 1 of 2
theorema
Greek · ancient
"a thing to be considered"
a thing to be looked at or considered, from theorein (to look at)
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Stage 2 of 2
theorem
English · 1500s
"a statement proven true through logical argument"
settled as the word for a statement proven from other established statements
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