Where does “compile” come from?

compile (French) comes from French compiler, from Latin compīlāre.

compile (French): inflection of compiler: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of compiler: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “compile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcompilerto compile
2Latincompīlāre—
Every word from Latin compīlāre →Every word from French compiler →