Question

What is a algebra and what is its origin?

Answer 1

The word algebra comes from theArabic الجبر (al-jabr lit. "the reunion of broken parts") from the title of thebook Ilm al-jabr wa'l-muḳābala by thePersian mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi. The word entered the English language duringthe fifteenth century, from either Spanish, Italian, or Medieval Latin