Etymology

algorithmize

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Today it means: To convert an informal description of a process or a procedure into an algorithm. Full definition →

English algorithm ← Middle English algorisme ← Anglo-Norman algorisme
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The story

  1. Arabicال (al-)
  2. Arabicخَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy)
  3. Arabicالخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)
  4. Medieval Latinalgorismu
  5. Anglo-Normanalgorisme
  6. Middle Englishalgorisme
  7. Englishalgorism
  8. Englisharithmo-influ.
  9. Englishalgorithm
  10. English todayalgorithmize

From algorithm + -ize.

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