Where does “antecalcul” come from?
antecalcul (Romanian) comes from Romanian calcul, from French calcul, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
antecalcul (Romanian): estimate
Definitions
- estimate
Ancestry of “antecalcul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | calcul | calculus, calculation; computing; calculus |
| 2 | French | calcul | calculus; computing |
| 3 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |