Where does “calculatorlike” come from?
calculatorlike (English) comes from English calculator, from Middle English calkelatour, from Latin calculator, from Latin calculō, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
calculatorlike (English): Resembling a calculator
Definitions
- Resembling a calculator
Ancestry of “calculatorlike”, step by step
calculatorlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English calculator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calculator | A mechanical or electronic device that performs... |
| 2 | Middle English | calkelatour | — |
| 3 | Latin | calculator | calculator, bookkeeper, accountant; computer, one... |
| 4 | Latin | calculō | to calculate, compute, reckon |
| 5 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |