Etymology of the English word compiler
the English word
compilerderived from the English word
compilederived from the Old French word
compilerderived from the Latin word
compilare (rob, pillage, snatch)
using the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
pilare (grow hairy; depilate; plunder)
derived from the Late Latin word
pilus (hair; chief; hair; bit, whit)
derived from the Greek word
pilusderived from the Latin word
pila (ball; sphere; squared pillar; pier, pile)
Derivations in other languages
Italian
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Word found in Modern English
