Where does “computronium” come from?
computronium (English) comes from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
computronium (English): Programmable matter; A hypothetical material...
Definitions
- Programmable matter; A hypothetical material...
Ancestry of “computronium”, step by step
computronium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English computer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | computer | A person employed to perform computations; one... |
| 2 | English | compute | To reckon or calculate; To make sense;... |
| 3 | French | computer | to compute |
| 4 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English neutronium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | neutronium | The supposed material, composed entirely of... |
| 2 | English | neutron | A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus... |
| 3 | English | neutral | Not taking sides in a conflict such as war;... |
| 4 | Middle French | neutral | — |
| 5 | Old French | neutral | — |
| 6 | Latin | neutrālis | neuter |
| 7 | Latin | neuter | neither; neuter; neuter, intransitive |
| 8 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 9 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |