PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The lexical line reaches the Arabic name al-Khwārizmī through Medieval Latin. Greek arithmos likely influenced the later spelling, but it is not the source of the name.
/ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/ · noun
A finite or stepwise procedure, descended through medieval arithmetic vocabulary from the Latinized name of al-Khwārizmī.
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Treats algorithm as an alteration of algorism rather than an originally Greek mathematical coinage.
Etymology and First Known UseRecords later influence from Greek arithmos on the modern spelling.
ALGORITHM entryThe graph separates ancestry from later spelling influence.