Algorithm

Morpheme

Algorithm

Type

free base

Denotation

computational system

Etymology

Middle English algorisme, augrym; Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim; Medieval Latin algorismus; Arabic al-ḵawārizmiyy

Evidence

algorithm, algorithmic, algorithmically, algorithmics, algorithmist, algorithmization, algorithmize, algorithmocracy, algorithmophile, algorithmophobe, algorithms, autoalgorithm, multialgorithm, polyalgorithm, pseudoalgorithm, subalgorithm

Notes

spelling change from <s> to <th> influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek arithmós

See Also

Algo, Algore