The word "commute" is derived from the Latin word "commutare," which means "to change" or "to exchange." In modern usage, it refers to regular travel between one's place of residence and place of work or study.
No. It's Latin, computare - to count, reckon, sum up.
The word "computer" is derived from the Latin word "computare", which means to calculate. Basically we can define computer as an electronic machine capable for presenting mathematical calculation and logical operation at very high speed.
The first programmable computer (The Analytical Engine ) was designed by Charls Babbage in England in 1837. The first enectronic programmable computer (the Collosus) was was developed by Tommy Flowers in Britian in 1943.
Back before the digital machines we have today there was no simple way to do lots and lots of calculations. In order to do so people were hired to sit around and do math all day. These people were known as 'computers.' The name just carried through to the machines which replaced them.
Because the original computers were designed to compute formulas, such as missile trajectories for the U.S. military.Of course, sixty years later the personal computer can do so much more than that. But by now, the original name has become ingrained in the public consciousness.Computer is an extension of the word Compute, which is something determined by calculation. It derivies from the Latin word Computare meaning 'to think'
The Latin equivalent of the English word 'computer' is computator. It derives from the verb 'computare', which means 'to calculate', 'to compute', or 'to reckon together'. Therefore, the noun is rendered into English as 'calculator', 'computer', or 'reckoner'.
"According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "computer" was first used to describe a mechanical calculating device in 1897. Although the word existed previously, it had been used to describe 'a person who computes or performs calculations.'"http://www.usefultrivia.com/miscellaneous_trivia/computer_trivia_002a.html
The word Robot is derived from the Czech word Robo which means 'work'. The word was first coined by Karel Čapek for his 1920 play RUR. In its original Czech, robota means forced labour of the kind that serfs had to perform on their masters' lands, and is derived from rab, meaning "slave". see link
Some American products with Latin-derived names include Chevrolet (from the founder Louis Chevrolet, who was of Swiss descent), Cadillac (named after the French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac), and Coca-Cola (the name was derived from coca leaves and kola nuts used in its original formula, both of which have Latin origin).
Nobody, it came from the Latin language and had been used as a job title for people that did calculations for hundreds of years before the programmable electronic digital computer was even first thought of.
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension