algorithmize

English

Alternative forms

• algorithmise

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic ال (al-)

Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-)

Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-)

Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der.

Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠ʰUvārazmiš⁠/)

Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭥𐭦𐭬 (ḥʿʿzm /⁠Xwārazm⁠⁠/)

Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor.

Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy)

Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor.

Medieval Latin algorismuslbor.

Anglo-Norman algorismebor.

Middle English algorisme

English algorism

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English arithmo-influ.

English algorithm

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English algorithmize

From algorithm + -ize.

Verb

algorithmize (third-person singular simple present algorithmizes, present participle algorithmizing, simple past and past participle algorithmized)

1. To convert an informal description of a process or a procedure into an algorithm.

Related terms

• algorithmizable
• algorithmizability
• algorithmization

Translations

to convert a process into an algorithm

• Hungarian: algoritmizál
• Kazakh: алгоритмдеу (algorıytmdew)
• Polish: algorytmizować impf, zalgorytmizować pf
• Portuguese: algoritmizar (pt)
• Slovak: algoritmizovať
• Ukrainian: алгоритмізува́ти impf or pf (alhorytmizuváty)

Anagrams

• logarithmize