'Algebra' is a word borrowed from Arabic 'al-jabr'. The word entered the English language some time around 1551.
algebra [noun] [1551]
- a generalization of arithmetic in which letters representing numbers are combined according to the rules of arithmetic
- any of various systems or branches of mathematics or logic concerned with the properties and relationships of abstract ...
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Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Arabic 'al-jabr' literally, the reduction
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