English Words from Arabic
algorithm
الخُوارِزْمِيّ
al-Khwārizmī
The surname of Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, a 9th-century mathematician in Baghdad. A Latin version of his book on reckoning opened 'Dixit Algorismi' – 'al-Khwārizmī said' – and his name became the word for a step-by-step method.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the man from Khwarazm
- Arabic today says
- الخُوارِزْمِيَّة
The path between languagesal-Khwārizmī → algorismus → algorithm
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