Where does “kalkul” come from?

kalkul (Czech) comes from German Kalkül, from French calcul, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kalkul (Czech): calculus formal system for symbol manipulation

Definitions

  1. calculus formal system for symbol manipulation

Ancestry of “kalkul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKalkülcalculus; calculations
2Frenchcalculcalculus; computing
3Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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