Etymology

computercide

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Today it means: The destruction of a computer. Full definition →

English computer ← French computer ← Latin computāre
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The story

  1. Latincomputō
  2. Latincomputāre
  3. Frenchcomputer
  4. Englishcompute
  5. Englishcomputer
  6. English todaycomputercide

From computer + -cide.

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