Etymology

supercomputer

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Today it means: Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation. Full definition →

English computer ← French computer ← Latin computāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinputus
  13. Latinputō
  14. Latincomputō
  15. Latincomputāre
  16. Frenchcomputer
  17. Englishcompute
  18. Englishcomputer
  19. English todaysupercomputer

From super- + computer.

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