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American Heritage Dictionary: algorithm
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Arithmetic put the “ithm” into algorithm without becoming its ancestor.
Arithmetic carries Greek arithmos “number.” Algorithm carries al-Khwārizmī's name; arithmos influenced its spelling, not its genealogy.
*h₂rei-
*h₂rei- → ἀριθμός → ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) → arithmetica → arsmetique / arismatike → arsmetike / arsmetrik → arithmetic
Etymology and Word HistoryDirectly distinguishes algorithm's al-Khwārizmī ancestry from arithmetic's spelling influence.
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Algorithm is the altered version; algorism came first.
The word began in al-Khwārizmī's geographic name. Greek arithmos later helped put “th” into algorithm without becoming its ancestor.
Khwārizm
Khwārizm → al-Khwārizmī → algorismus → algorisme / augorisme → algorisme / augrim → algorism
Etymology and Word HistorySeparates al-Khwārizmī ancestry from arithmetic influence.
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Was algorithm the original form and algorism a corruption?
No. Algorism is older. Algorithm is the later altered form, with its th commonly explained through Greek arithmos or arithmetic influence.
Etymology and Word HistoryIndependently distinguishes the al-Khwārizmī ancestry from arithmetic influence.
resolvedsupportsestablished
Are arithmetic and algorithm cognates?
No. Arithmetic descends through Greek arithmos “number.” Algorithm descends from al-Khwārizmī's name; arithmos influenced the later spelling rather than supplying the ancestor.
Etymology and Word History: variant of algorism influenced by arithmetic / arithmosSeparates the eponymic ancestor from the spelling influence.
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No lexical witness currently cites this source.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
arithmetic
English / Greek lineagelater spelling influence on algorithm, not a cognate
algorithm
Englishspelling influence, not a cognate
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spelling influence not ancestrysupports
THE RESEMBLANCE IS REAL; THE COGNACY IS NOT
Arithmetic descends from Greek arithmos “number.” Algorithm descends from the name al-Khwārizmī, but its modern spelling was probably influenced by arithmetic or arithmos. Orthographic influence is historical evidence, not shared ancestry.
American Heritage Dictionary · MacTutor editors · establisheddescendant spelling influence not ancestrysupports
THE MISSING “TH” ARRIVED ONE GENERATION LATER
Algorism descends from al-Khwārizmī. Its altered descendant algorithm was reshaped under the influence of arithmetic or Greek arithmos. Arithmetic therefore explains a later resemblance without becoming algorism's ancestor.
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