English
computation
Computation comes from Latin computatiō ‘calculation, reckoning, computation’, and goes back to putus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to reckon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomputōas computare‘sum up, reckon, compute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomputatiō‘calculation, reckoning, computation’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600computation
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500computacioun‘Computation, calculation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834computation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to reckon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomputōas computare‘sum up, reckon, compute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomputatiō‘calculation, reckoning, computation’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600computation
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500computacioun‘Computation, calculation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834computation
Earliest quotation: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “As there are some naturally deficient in the power…”
Formed from compute + -ation
Latin putus
Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’
Latin computō ‘calculate, compute’
Latin computāre
French computer ‘to compute’
English compute
Linked words
through Latin putus
through Latin putō ‘to reckon’
counter, discount, dispute, imp, indisputable, repute, amputee, indisputably, putative, countable, amputation, depute, amputate, disputable, imputation, disputation, 8 more
through Latin computō ‘sum up, reckon, compute’
Today it means
noun The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin putus / computation