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algorism

PRONUNCIATION /ˈælɡəˌrɪzəm/

calculation with Hindu-Arabic numerals; an arithmetic rule or procedure

DATE: early 13th century–today
SENSE: arabic numeral calculation
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:algorism:attested:sense:arabic-numeral-calculation

Now chiefly historical, but retained as an English headword distinct from its altered descendant algorithm.

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Middle English · 14th–15th centuries

algorisme / augrim

arithmetic using Hindu-Arabic numerals

SOUND: Middle English algorisme / augrim stabilizes as the historical headword algorism with regularized spelling and pronunciation.
MEANING: Calculation with Hindu-Arabic numerals remains central; later use becomes chiefly historical.
CHRONOLOGY: Etymonline reports an early-thirteenth-century horizon; Merriam-Webster reports the fourteenth century.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Algorism — Word HistorysupportsEtymology and First Known Use

Documents the English headword and fourteenth-century report.

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Algorism — Origin and historysupportsHeadword history: early 13c. algorism and Middle English variants

Documents the earlier English horizon and historical continuation.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

14th century

Merriam-Webster source-reported English record

Algorism in the arithmetic or Hindu-Arabic-numeral sense.

algorism dossier · recorded as algorism

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01algorismalgorism · established