Where does “การคอมพิวเตอร์” come from?

การคอมพิวเตอร์ (Thai) comes from Thai คอมพิวเตอร์, from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

การคอมพิวเตอร์ (Thai): computing

Definitions

  1. computing

Ancestry of “การคอมพิวเตอร์”, step by step

การคอมพิวเตอร์ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai คอมพิวเตอร์

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiคอมพิวเตอร์computer
2EnglishcomputerA person employed to perform computations; one...
3EnglishcomputeTo reckon or calculate; To make sense;...
4Frenchcomputerto compute
5Latincomputāre
6Latincomputōto calculate, compute, reckon together
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

Words derived from “การคอมพิวเตอร์

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-