algorithm English · revision 13369

− It is from French algorithme, refashioned under a mistaken connection with Greek [[m|grc|ἀριθμός|tr=arithmós|t=number]] (see [[arithmetic]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from Old French algorisme, the Arabic numeral system,^(Etymonline) from Medieval Latin algorismus,^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) a mangled transliteration of Arabic [[m|ar|الخوارزمي|tr=al-Khwārizmī|t=native of Khwarazm]], the surname of the 9th-century mathematician whose works introduced advanced mathematics to the West (see [[algebra]]).^(Etymonline) It is also an English alteration of the earlier [[algorism]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)