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Where does “undercalculate” come from?

undercalculate (English) comes from English calculate, from Latin calculātus, from Latin calculō, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

undercalculate (English): To calculate as being smaller than is actually...

Definitions

  1. To calculate as being smaller than is actually...

Ancestry of “undercalculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalculateTo determine the value of something or the...
2Latincalculātus—
3Latincalculō—
4Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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