English
computing
By surface analysis, compute + -ing.
Equivalent to compute + -ing
Latin putus
Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’
Latin computō ‘calculate, compute’
Latin computāre
French computer ‘to compute’
English compute
Today it means
noun The process or act of calculation.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “computing”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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