Where does “miscalculator” come from?
miscalculator (English) comes from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
miscalculator (English): A person who miscalculates
Definitions
- A person who miscalculates
Ancestry of “miscalculator”, step by step
miscalculator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via English miscalculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | miscalculate | To calculate incorrectly; To make a gross error... |
| 2 | English | calculate | To determine the value of something or the... |
| 3 | Latin | calculātus | Calculated, computed, reckoned, having been calculated |
| 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 |