calculator的词源

英文词源

calculator (n.)

late 14c., "mathematician, one who calculates," from Latin calculator, from calculatus, past participle of calculare "to reckon, compute," from calculus (see calculus). Of mechanical adding machine contraptions, from 1784. Of electronic ones, from 1946.

Electronic calculator uses 18,000 tubes to solve complex problems ["Scientific American" headline, June 1946]

中文词源

calculator：计算器

词根词缀： -calcul-小石头(古罗马人用小石头计数) + -ator名词词尾

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