anatocism

From Ancient Greek ἀνατοκισμός (anatokismós), from ἀνα- (ana-) + τοκισμός (tokismós, “usury”).[1]

anatocism (uncountable)

1. (law) compound interest
   • 1729, Edward Cocker, Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick:

     Of Anatocism, or Compound Interest; wherein is shewed how by the Logarithms to answer all Questions concerning the Increase or present Worth of any Sum of Money or Annuity

• “anatocism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• anastomic, anosmatic

Borrowed from French anatocisme.

anatocism n (plural anatocisme)

1. anatocism