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Where does “minicalcolatore” come from?

minicalcolatore (Italian) comes from Italian calcolatore, from Italian calcolare, 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.

minicalcolatore (Italian): minicomputer

Definitions

  1. minicomputer

Ancestry of “minicalcolatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalcolatorecalculating; shrewd, scheming; computer
2Italiancalcolareto calculate, work out; to reckon
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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