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No. Arithmetic descends through Greek arithmos “number.” Algorithm descends from al-Khwārizmī's name; arithmos influenced the later spelling rather than supplying the ancestor.
/əˈrɪθmətɪk/ · noun · adjective
The art or practice of counting and calculation; transmitted from Greek arithmos “number” through Latin and French.
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Separates the eponymic ancestor from the spelling influence.
Etymology and Word History: variant of algorism influenced by arithmetic / arithmosDocuments arithmetic's independent ancestry.
Word History: arithmetic from Greek arithmosIndependently documents both histories and the influence statement.
ALGORITHM and ARITHMETIC sectionsThe connection is a cited historical-context link, not a lexical edge.