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Where does “algebra” come from?

Algebra comes from Medieval Latin algebraica, from Arabic جبر, ultimately from the title of Al-Khwarizmi's mathematical treatise الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب الْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة.

algebra (English): A system for computation using letters or other...

Definitions

  1. A system for computation using letters or other...

Ancestry of “algebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalgèbrealgebra
2GermanAlgebra—
3Italianalgebraalgebra
4Polishalgebraalgebra
5Russianа́лгебра—
6Medieval Latinalgebraicanominative feminine singular of algebraicus;...
7Arabicالْجَبْر—
8Latinalgebraalgebra
9Arabicجبرto set; to restore; to force, to compel
10Arabicجَبَرَto set a broken bone; to treat kindly

Words derived from “algebra”

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