Middle English and French forms adapted Medieval Latin algorismus with variable vowels and endings.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0084borrowingestablished
A CLAIM
YOU CAN AUDIT.
A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
algorisme / augrim
arithmetic using Hindu-Arabic numerals
OPEN NODE 97 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMedieval Latin · 12th–15th centuriesalgorismus
arithmetic; computation with Hindu-Arabic numerals
OPEN NODE 98 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The art of reckoning with Hindu-Arabic numerals remained central.
Algorism is recorded in English in the 14th century.
Merriam-Webster editors
established — no additional confidence note is attached.
reviewed
02
CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Algorism — Word HistoryEtymology and First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗03
EDITORIAL REUSE