"The real story behind the word 'algorithm'.
Origin: 1690s, ""Arabic system of computation,"" from French algorithme , refashioned (under mistaken connection with Greek arithmos ""number"") from Old French algorisme ""the Arabic numeral system"" (13c.), from Medieval Latin algorismus , a mangled transliteration of Arabic al-Khwarizmi ""native of Khwarazm"" (modern Khiva in Uzbekistan), surname of the mathematician whose works introduced sophisticated mathem
Earliest recorded use: 1690s.
Linguistic path: French to Old French to Arabic.
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