minicomputer

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.

Latin Minius

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Latin minium

Italian minio

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Italian -are

Italian miniare

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Italian -tura

Italian miniaturabor.

English miniature

English mini-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin putus

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Latin -ō

Latin putō

Latin computō

Latin computārelbor.

French computerbor.

English compute

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English computer

English minicomputer

From mini- + computer.