algebraist

English

Alternative forms

• algebrist

Etymology

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Arabic جَبَرَ (jabara)

Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr)bor.

Medieval Latin algebrabor.

English algebra

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English algebraist

From algebra + -ist.

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Noun

algebraist (plural algebraists)

1. A mathematician who specializes in algebra.

Translations

mathematician

• Catalan: algebrista f
• French: algébriste (fr) m or f
• German: Algebraiker m
• Hungarian: algebrista
• Polish: algebraik (pl) m
• Portuguese: algebrista m or f
• Spanish: algebrista (es) m or f
• Swedish: algebraiker (sv) c

See also

• analyst
• topologist
• graph theorist
• combinatorialist
• logician
• geometer
• number theorist
• group theorist
• ring theorist
• representation theorist