Apr 18, 2017 · Origin of Word algorithm The word Algorithm comes from the name of the muslim author Abu Ja'far Mohammad ibn Musa alKhowarizmi. He was born in the eighth century at Khwarizm (Kheva), a town south of river Oxus in present Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan, a Muslim country for over a thousand years, was taken over by the Russians in 1873. 3.