"computor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: computors [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -or English computor From compute + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|compute|-or|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -or English computor [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "compute", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "computō, āre-form", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "computāre", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "computer", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "compute", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-or", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "computor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="computor"> From compute + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} computor (plural computors)
  1. Obsolete spelling of computer. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: computer

Inflected forms

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