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algorism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic ال (al-) Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-) Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-) Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der. Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š) Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor. Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism From Middle English algorisme, from Old French algorisme, from Medieval Latin algorismus. See algorithm.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete spelling of algorithm (all senses).
   alt of algorithm
   • The Algorism in Addition of Fractions. — There are two accepted forms of work in addition of fractions... 1921, Paul Klapper, The Teaching of Arithmetic: A Manual for Teachers, D. Appleton and Company, page 231:
2. (historical, uncountable) Calculation with Arabic numerals.
   • The works of al-Khowarizmi were translated into Latin, and through a perversion of his name the art of computing with Hindu-Arabic numerals became known as algorism. 1948, Øystein Ore, Number Theory and Its History, page 20:

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Deriveds

algorismic