Where does “コンパイル” come from?

コンパイル (Japanese) comes from English compile, from Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlāre.

コンパイル (Japanese): compilation, compiling processing source code into machine language

Definitions

  1. compilation, compiling processing source code into machine language

Ancestry of “コンパイル”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompileTo put together; to assemble; to make by...
2Middle Englishcompilen—
3Old Frenchcompilerto compile
4Latincompīlāre—
Every word from Latin compīlāre →Every word from Old French compiler →Every word from Middle English compilen →