Algorizmi

Latin
"Page from Latin manuscript (Cambridge, University Library, Ii. 6.5.), beginning with 'DIXIT algorizmi', Baldassarre Boncompagni invented the title 'Algoritmi de numero Indorum' in 1857"

Etymology

From Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy).

Proper noun

Algorizmi

  1. al-Khwarizmi

References
  • Allard, André (1997) “Les mathématiques arabes en Occident”, in Histoire des sciences arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Seuil, pages 200, 203 & 207
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