The word algorithm is a man's name.

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi worked in 9th-century Baghdad. His book on calculation appeared in Latin as "Algoritmi de numero Indorum" – and that Latinised form of his name became our word algorithm. His second work, "al-Jabr" from around 820, supplied the word algebra as well.

Useful: Words are fossils: they show which languages knowledge travelled through to reach us.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Mathematik Mittelalter Sprache

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