computable
Meaningable to be reckoned
Common meaning: that can be worked out by calculation
- comwith, together
- putto tidy or prune; to reckon, thinkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1495 · scan
- ableable to be
‘with, together’ + ‘to tidy or prune’ → computable
Journey through time
- Latinputō, putāre‘to tidy or prune’
- Englishcomputable‘that can be worked out by calculation’ · today
com- also in: compelcombustcomfortcommandcommend
put also in: computecomputercomputationsupercomputer
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin putō ‘to tidy or prune; to reckon, think’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry putō, p. 1495 · dictionary scan
Roots
- putō, putāre Latin “to tidy or prune; to reckon, think”
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