| muṭṭû | Akkadian | to subtract |
| 〈naḫāsu〉 LA₂ ‘to subtract’ | Akkadian | to subtract |
| 〈nasāḫu〉 ZI ‘to subtract’ | Akkadian | to subtract |
| 〈mīṭu〉 LA₂ ‘subtraction’ | Akkadian | subtraction |
| 〈tamṭītu〉 ‘deficit’ | Akkadian | deficit , subtraction |
| 〈maṭû〉 LA₂ ‘to be lacking’ | Akkadian | to decrease , to be less , to be subtractive , to be lacking |
| 〈šūlû〉 E₁₁ ‘to subtract’ | Akkadian | to subtract |
| 〈ἀφαιρέω〉 aphaireō ‘to diminish’ | Greek | to diminish (?) , to subtract |
| 〈aufero〉 ‘to subtract’ | Latin | to subtract , to move away |
| 〈abstraho〉 ‘to make separate’ | Latin | to make separate , to subtract |