Etymograph

English

computing

By surface analysis, compute + -ing.

Equivalent to compute + -ing

Latin putus

Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’

Latin computō ‘calculate, compute’

Latin computāre

French computer ‘to compute’

English compute

Today it means

noun The process or act of calculation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / computing