'algorithmist' originates from the word 'algorithm,' which comes from the name of the Persian mathematician 'Al-Khwarizmi,' whose works introduced the decimal positional number system to the Western world.

'algorithm' changed from the Latin word 'algorismus' and eventually became the modern English word 'algorithm.'

Initially, it referred to the process of calculation using Arabic numerals, but over time it evolved into its current meaning of a step-by-step procedure for calculations.