[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [The Indian numerals in Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.numerals) › Al-Khwārizmī on the Indian Numbers (Latin) # Al-Khwārizmī on the Indian Numbers (Latin) (Dixit Algorizmi (Algoritmi de numero Indorum)) Latin translation of al-Khwārizmī's lost arithmetic on reckoning with the nine Indian figures and zero, beginning 'Dixit Algorizmi'; the word 'algorithm' comes from this incipit. - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 1120–1150 CE - **Author:** [Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Khwārizmī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/khwarizmi) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translates - [كتاب الجمع والتفريق بحساب الهند](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.hisab.hisab-al-hind-khwarizmi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.numerals.dixit-algorizmi](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.numerals.dixit-algorizmi) · Pramāṇa