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START / NODE 102Present-Day English1551–today
algebra
A mathematical discipline whose English name travels through Medieval Latin from Arabic al-jabr, restoration or completion.
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00Present-Day English · attestedalgebra
a mathematical discipline of symbolic and structural relations
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Present-Day Englishalgebra
a mathematical discipline of symbolic and structural relations
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Medieval Latin · 12th–16th centuriesalgebrarestoration; bone-setting; the mathematical art
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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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- First known English mathematical use: 1551.
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