Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Algebra

is the Arabic al gebr (the equalisation), “the supplementing and equalising (process);” so called because the problems are solved by equations, and the equations are made by supplementary terms. Fancifully identified with the Arabian chemist Gebir.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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