Arabic al- plus Khwārizm plus the relational suffix -ī forms “the Khwārizmian.”
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al-Khwārizmī
the Khwārizmian; name of Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedClassical Arabic · early medieval and older geographic recordKhwārizm
Khwārizm, a region south of the Aral Sea
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A place of origin becomes a personal identifier.
Name attested for the 9th-century scholar.
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Algorithm — Word Historyal-Khwārizmī
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Algorism — Word HistoryArabic al-khuwārizmi
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies the geographic personal name behind the word family.
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