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Who made up name for calcuator?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The word "calculator" comes from the verb to calculate and means someone or something who calculates (counts). It wasn't coined for the modern-day devices, it became applied to them as a class. The word calculate comes from late Middle English: from late Latin calculat- 'counted,' from the verb calculare, from calculus 'a small pebble (as used on an abacus).'

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9y ago

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