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Where does “algorithm” come from?

Algorithm comes from French algorithme, from Latin algorismus, from Arabic al-khwārizmī, originally denoting a person from Khwarezm.

algorithm (English): A collection of ordered steps that solve a...

Definitions

  1. A collection of ordered steps that solve a...

Ancestry of “algorithm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishalgorisme—
2Anglo-Normanalgorisme—
3Medieval Latinalgorismusalgorithm
4Arabicالْخُوَارِزْمِيّ—

Words derived from “algorithm”

  • algorithmic
  • algorithmically
  • algorism
  • algorithmics
  • nonalgorithmic
  • algorithmization
  • polyalgorithm
  • algorismic
  • algorithmize
  • unalgorithmic
  • algorithmizable
  • pseudoalgorithm
  • semi-algorithm
  • algorithmicize
  • multialgorithm
  • multialgorithmic
  • algorítmico
  • algoritmo
  • algoritmicamente
  • algoritmizar
  • algoritmizável
  • algoritmização
  • アルゴリズム
  • algoritme
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