Where does “ordinateur” come from?

ordinateur (French) comes from Latin ordinator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

ordinateur (French): A computer, a computing device; One who performs...

Definitions

  1. A computer, a computing device; One who performs...

Ancestry of “ordinateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinordinatororderer, regulator, arranger; ordainer;...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “ordinateur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin ordinator →