Old French algorisme / augorisme adapts Medieval Latin algorismus with Romance vowel and ending changes.
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algorisme / augorisme
the art of reckoning with Hindu-Arabic numerals
OPEN NODE 533 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMedieval Latin · 12th–15th centuriesalgorismus
arithmetic; computation with Hindu-Arabic numerals
OPEN NODE 98 ↗01
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The learned arithmetic term enters vernacular calculation vocabulary.
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probable — The sources describe French and Latin stages without reducing every spelling to one transmission event.
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Algorism — Word HistoryWord History: Middle French and Medieval Latin algorismus
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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: AALGORITHM entry: French algorisme from Latin algorismus
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