Where does “ordinador” come from?
ordinador (Catalan) comes from French ordinateur, from Latin ordinator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ordinador (Catalan): computer
Ancestry of “ordinador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ordinateur | A computer, a computing device; One who performs... |
| 2 | Latin | ordinator | orderer, regulator, arranger; ordainer;... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |