We use "\sqrt" (in TeX) since Knuth chose that command for the square root symbol.

Square roots have been computed since the days of the Babyloneans, but they didn't use the symbol.

The symbol √ for the square root was first used in print in 1525 in Christoph Rudolff's Coss.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation

I guess this thread will be closed soon.... as it should, being off topic.

We use "\sqrt" (in TeX) since Knuth chose that command for the square root symbol.

Square roots have been computed since the days of the Babyloneans, but they didn't use the symbol.

The symbol √ for the square root was first used in print in 1525 in Christoph Rudolff's Coss.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation

We use "\sqrt" (in TeX) since Knuth chose that command for the square root symbol.

Square roots have been computed since the days of the Babyloneans, but they didn't use the symbol.

The symbol √ for the square root was first used in print in 1525 in Christoph Rudolff's Coss, which was also the first to use the then-new signs '+' and '−'.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation

I guess this thread will be closed soon.... as it should, being off topic.

We use "\sqrt" (in TeX) since Knuth chose that command for the square root symbol.

Square roots have been computed since the days of the Babyloneans, but they didn't use the symbol.

The symbol √ for the square root was first used in print in 1525 in Christoph Rudolff's Coss.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation

I guess this thread will be closed soon.... as it should, being off topic.