'algorithmic' originates from the word 'algorithm', which comes from the Latin 'algorismus', derived from the name of the Persian mathematician 'Al-Khwarizmi'.

'algorismus' transformed into the Old French word 'algorisme', and eventually became the modern English word 'algorithm' through Middle English.

Initially, it referred to the decimal number system, but over time it evolved into its current meaning of a step-by-step procedure for calculations.