computacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French computation or its etymon Latin computātiō (“computation”), from computō (“to compute”); compare counten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔmpiu̯ˌtaːsˈiuːn/, /kɔmpiu̯ˈtaːsjun/

Noun

computacioun (uncountable) (Late Middle English)

  1. Computation, calculation (of time or in arithmetic or astronomy).
  2. Enumeration; the act of calculating quantity.

Descendants

  • English: computation

References

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