Where does “computerspilfigur” come from?
computerspilfigur (Danish) comes from Danish computerspil, from Danish computer, from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
computerspilfigur (Danish): A figure, especially a character, appearing in a...
Definitions
- A figure, especially a character, appearing in a...
Ancestry of “computerspilfigur”, step by step
computerspilfigur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish computerspil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | computerspil | A video game; indefinite plural of computerspil |
| 2 | Danish | computer | computer (machine) |
| 3 | English | computer | A person employed to perform computations; one... |
| 4 | English | compute | To reckon or calculate; To make sense;... |
| 5 | French | computer | to compute |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |