In many romance languages it is the root of the word we use for digit. It, es: cifra, fr: chiffre, ro: cifrǎ. In Portuguese the word is algarismo and it comes

In many romance languages it is the root of the word we use for digit. It, es: cifra, fr: chiffre, ro: cifrǎ. In Portuguese the word is algarismo and it comes from al-Khwārizmī [0], who gives the name to algorithm as well.