Where does “Computerwissenschafter” come from?
Computerwissenschafter (German) comes from German Computerwissenschaft, from German computer, from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Computerwissenschafter (German): computer scientist
Definitions
- computer scientist
Ancestry of “Computerwissenschafter”, step by step
Computerwissenschafter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Computerwissenschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Computerwissenschaft | computer science |
| 2 | German | computer | computer programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations, logical operations, and usually also data retrieval/storage |
| 3 | English | computer | A person employed to perform computations; one... |
| 4 | English | compute | To reckon or calculate; To make sense;... |
| 5 | French | computer | to compute |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Wissenschafter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wissenschafter | scientist male or of unspecified gender |
| 2 | German | Wissenschaft | science; academia, scholarship; academia,... |
| 3 | German | Wissen | knowledge |
| 4 | German | wissen | to know; to be aware of; to remember |
| 5 | German | Besserwisser | know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck |
| 6 | German | besser | comparative degree of gut; better; inflection of... |
| 7 | Middle High German | beȥȥer | — |
| 8 | Old High German | beȥȥiro | better |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *batiʀō | better |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | batizô | comparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | gōdaz | good |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | gadaną | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰedʰ- | to join; to unite; to suit |