Problematic
early 17th century: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma (see problem).
wiktionary
Borrowed from Middle French problématique, from Late Latin problematicus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός(problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα(próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”), from προβάλλω(probállō, “I throw, place before”), from πρό(pró, “before”) + βάλλω(bállō, “I throw, place”).
etymonline
problematic (adj.)
c. 1600, "doubtful, questionable, uncertain, unsettled," from French problematique (15c.), from Late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos "pertaining to a problem," from problēmatos, genitive of problēma (see problem).
Specific sense in logic, differentiating what is possible from what is necessarily true, is from 1610s. The sense of "constituting, containing, or causing a difficulty" is modern, probably from a noun use in sociology (1957). Related: Problematical (1560s); problematically.
