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algorithm

al-Khwārizmī → algorismus → algorithme → algorithm

The word preserves the name of the mathematician al-Khwārizmī. Travelling through Latin and French, a term for a numeral system broadened into a method of calculation.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary — Douglas Harper

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