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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedMedieval Latin · 12th–16th centuries

algebra

restoration; bone-setting; the mathematical art

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedClassical Arabic · 9th century

al-jabr

restoration, completion; an operation in equation solving

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SOUND CHANGE

Arabic al-jabr was adapted into Medieval Latin algebra, retaining the article as part of the word.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

An operation of restoring a subtracted term—and a title phrase—came to name the mathematical discipline; a bone-setting sense also circulated.

CHRONOLOGY

Latin translations circulated from the 12th century.

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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: AALGEBRA entry

Explains the equation operation.

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RELATION / 88algebra

algebra → al-jabr

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