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Where does “compiler” come from?

compiler (Old French) comes from Latin compīlāre.

compiler (Old French): to compile

Definitions

  1. to compile

Ancestry of “compiler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincompīlāre—

Words derived from “compiler”

  • compile
  • recompile
  • decompile
  • precompiler
  • compilable
  • precompile
  • compilator
  • decompiler
  • compilement
  • uncompilable
  • recompilement
  • compilate
  • compilability
  • noncompilable
  • recompiler
  • decompilable
  • recompilable
  • compiland
  • transcompile
  • transpile
  • compileren
  • compilen
  • compileren
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