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ALL SOURCES ↗BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYetymonline-algorism
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historical dictionaryetymonline-algorism
Algorism — Origin and history
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
No ranked contrarian reveal currently cites this source.
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opensupportsprobable
Does the English record begin in the 13th or 14th century?
The reviewed reports differ. Etymonline gives an early-thirteenth-century algorism; Merriam-Webster gives a fourteenth-century first-known-use horizon.
Headword history: early 13c. algorismPublishes the earlier English horizon.
opencontextprobable
Did English algorism arrive through French or directly from Medieval Latin?
The sources preserve both channels. Merriam-Webster names Middle French and Medieval Latin; Etymonline emphasizes Old French from Medieval Latin.
Headword history: Old French from Medieval LatinDocuments the French-mediated route.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 495supportsestablished
algorism → algorisme / augrim
Present-Day English → Middle English · historical continuation
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
Headword history: early 13c. algorism and Middle English variantsDocuments the earlier English horizon and historical continuation.
EDGE 496supportsprobable
algorisme / augrim → algorisme / augorisme
Middle English → Old French · borrowing
- SOUND
- Middle English forms adapt Old French algorisme / augorisme with variable vowels, consonants, and endings.
- MEANING
- The art of reckoning with Hindu-Arabic numerals remains central.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
Headword history: Old French algorisme / augorismeIndependently documents the French stage.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
No lexical witness currently cites this source.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
augrim
Middle Englishhistorical variant in the algorism family
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 3supports
France and England
Documents the vernacular transmission and earlier horizon.
Headword history: Old French and early-13c. English forms · broadstage 5supports
Global history of calculation
Documents the historical headword and its altered descendant.
Headword history and algorithm comparison · global071
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
descendant spelling influence not ancestrycontext
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.
American Heritage Dictionary · MacTutor editors · established082
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