Etymology

recompute

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Today it means: To compute again. Full definition →

English compute ← French computer ← Latin computāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincomputō
  7. Latincomputāre
  8. Frenchcomputer
  9. Englishcompute
  10. English todayrecompute

From re- + compute.

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