Where does “minicalculator” come from?
minicalculator (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.
minicalculator (English): A pocket calculator
Definitions
- A pocket calculator
Ancestry of “minicalculator”, step by step
minicalculator 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 |