Where does “computator” come from?

computator (Interlingua) comes from Portuguese computador, from Latin computator — second-person singular future passive imperative...

computator (Interlingua): computer

Definitions

  1. computer

Ancestry of “computator”, step by step

computator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese computador

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecomputadorcomputing; computer
2Latincomputatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...

via Spanish computador

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcomputadorcomputer
Every word from Latin computator →Every word from Portuguese computador →