English Words from Arabic
algebra
الجَبْر
al-jabr
From the title of al-Khwārizmī's book al-Jabr wa-l-Muqābala. Translated into Latin in the 12th century, its first word became the name of the science.
- Meaning in Arabic
- restoring, setting what is broken
- Arabic today says
- الجَبْر
The path between languagesal-jabr → algebra
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