English
al-Khwarizmi
Al-Khwarizmi comes from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ ‘a surname, al-Khwarizmi, transferred from the…’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentالخَوَارِزْمِيّal-ḵawārizmiyy‘a surname, al-Khwarizmi, transferred from the place name, meaning “from Chorasmia”’
- Englishtodayal-Khwarizmi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentالخَوَارِزْمِيّal-ḵawārizmiyy‘a surname, al-Khwarizmi, transferred from the place name, meaning “from Chorasmia”’
- Englishtodayal-Khwarizmi
Linked words
through Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ ‘a surname, al-Khwarizmi, transferred from the…’
Today it means
name Persian mathematician (c. 780 – c. 850), the father of algebra.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ / al-Khwarizmi