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Computer

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an electronic machine that processes data and performs calculations
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Stage 1 of 2
computare
Latin · ancient
"to calculate"
to calculate, to sum up, from com- (together) and putare (to reckon)
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Stage 2 of 2
computer
English · 1640s
"a machine that processes data and performs calculations"
originally meant a person who calculates, later a machine performing calculations
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