The Arabic verbal noun jabr is derived from jabara; the definite article al- is prefixed.
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al-jabr
restoration, completion; an operation in equation solving
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedClassical Arabic · Classical Arabicjabara
to restore, reunite, set or mend
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Restoring, reuniting, or mending is specialized as a mathematical operation.
The term appears in al-Khwārizmī's 9th-century title.
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Algebra — Word Originjabara “reunite, restore”
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