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

al-Khwarizmi

Related terms

algorismus

References

Allard, André (1997) “Les mathématiques arabes en Occident”, in Histoire des sciences arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Seuil, pages 200, 203 & 207