The Word - 'Algorithm'

It was very interesting for me to know how the word 'Algorithm' was derived. I thought of sharing it with you... :)

Al-Khwārizmī, muslim Persian astronomer and mathematician, wrote a treatise in the arabic language in 825 AD, On Calculation with Hindu–Arabic numeral system. It was translated from arabic into Latin in the 12th century as Algoritmi de numero Indorum (al-Daffa 1977), whose title is supposedly likely intended to mean "Algoritmi on the numbers of the Indians", where "Algoritmi" was the translator's rendition of the author's name; but people misunderstanding the title treated Algoritmi as a Latin plural and this led to the word "algorithm" (Latin algorismus) coming to mean "calculation method". The intrusive "th" is most likely due to a false cognate with the Greek ἀριθμός (arithmos) meaning "numbers".(For details click here)