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Where does “جبر” come from?

جبر (Arabic) comes from Arabic جَبَرَ — to set a broken bone; to treat kindly.

جبر (Arabic): to set; to restore; to force, to compel

Definitions

  1. to set; to restore; to force, to compel

Ancestry of “جبر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَبَرَto set a broken bone; to treat kindly

Words derived from “جبر”

  • algebra
  • algebraic
  • algebraically
  • algebraical
  • algebraist
  • subalgebra
  • semialgebraic
  • prealgebra
  • nonalgebraic
  • coalgebra
  • algebraization
  • coalgebraic
  • superalgebra
  • algebraicity
  • algebraize
  • nonalgebraically
  • algebralike
  • bialgebra
  • algebraicize
  • semialgebra
  • subalgebraic
  • multialgebra
  • algebraizable
  • algebraicness
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