While many mathematicians before Galois gave consideration to what are now known as groups, it was Galois who was the first to use the word group (in French groupe) in a sense close to the technical sense that is understood today, making him among the founders of the branch of algebra known as group theory.
Mentres moitos matemáticos anteriores a Galois daban consideración ao que hoxe se coñece como grupo, foi Galois o primeiro en usar a palabra group (en francés groupe) nun sentido próximo ao actual, converténdoo nun dos fundadores da rama da álxebra chamada teoría de grupos.