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Where does “noncomputability” come from?

noncomputability (English) comes from English computability, 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,...

noncomputability (English): The state or condition of being noncomputable

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being noncomputable

Ancestry of “noncomputability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomputabilityThe property of being computable by purely...
2EnglishcomputeTo reckon or calculate; To make sense;...
3Frenchcomputerto compute
4Latincomputāre—
5Latincomputō—
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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