algorithm
Word family adjectivealgorithmicadverbalgorithmicallynounalgorithm
al·go·rith·m /ˈælɡərɪðəm/ noun [countableC] Origin algorithm (1600-1700) algorism “algorithm” ((13-19 centuries)), from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic al-khuwarizmi, from al-Khuwarizmi 9th-century Persian mathematician; influenced by Greek arithmos “number”