algebra English · revision 18

+ ==Etymology==

+ Recorded in English from the mid-16th century,^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[bor|la-med|algebra]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) or via [[it|algebra]],^(OED 1989) [[der|ar|الْجَبْر|tr=al-jabr|t=the reunion of broken parts]],^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) from ''jabara'' “to reunite, restore”.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ The term comes from the title of al-Khwarizmi's 9th-century treatise on equations, ''al-Kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) The same word was used in Middle English and Medieval Latin for “bone-setting”, the surgical treatment of fractures.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==References==

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