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NODE / 0104attestedClassical Arabic

al-jabr

TRANSLITERATION al-jabr

restoration, completion; an operation in equation solving

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9th century
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FAMILY
Afro-Asiatic / Semitic
CANONICAL KEY
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The definite article al- became part of the borrowed word.

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Classical Arabic · Classical Arabic

jabara

to restore, reunite, set or mend

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The Arabic verbal noun jabr is derived from jabara; the definite article al- is prefixed.
MEANING
Restoring, reuniting, or mending is specialized as a mathematical operation.
CHRONOLOGY
The term appears in al-Khwārizmī's 9th-century title.
SCHOLAR
Oxford University Press editors
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Algebra — Word Originsupportsjabara “reunite, restore”ORIGINAL ↗
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Medieval Latin · 12th–16th centuries

algebra

restoration; bone-setting; the mathematical art

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Arabic al-jabr was adapted into Medieval Latin algebra, retaining the article as part of the word.
MEANING
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.
SCHOLAR
Oxford · MacTutor editors
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Algebra — Word HistorysupportsArabic al-jabrORIGINAL ↗
Algebra — Word OriginsupportsWord Origin

Includes mathematical and bone-setting histories.

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

Explains the equation operation.

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Classical Arabical-jabr→Medieval Latin · 12th–16th centuriesalgebrarestoration; bone-setting; the mathematical art
SOUND
Arabic al-jabr was adapted into Medieval Latin algebra, retaining the article as part of the word.
MEANING
An operation of restoring a subtracted term—and a title phrase—came to name the mathematical discipline; a bone-setting sense also circulated.
Oxford · MacTutor editors3 CITATIONSEDGE 89 ↗
Algebra — Word History · Arabic al-jabr ↗Algebra — Word Origin · Word Origin ↗Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: A · ALGEBRA entry ↗
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STEP 02borrowingestablished
Medieval Latinalgebra→Present-Day English · 1551–todayalgebraa mathematical discipline of symbolic and structural relations
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English borrowed the learned form through Medieval Latin and Romance channels, with stress and vowel adaptation.
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A named mathematical art developed into the broad modern discipline.
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Algebra — Word History · Etymology and First Known Use ↗Algebra — Word Origin · Word Origin ↗

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