myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of microcomputer

Etymology of the Italian word microcomputer

the Italian word microcomputer

derived from the English word computer

derived from the English word compute

derived from the Latin word computare (reckon, compute, calculate)

derived from the Latin word putare (think, believe, suppose)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pau-

using the Italian prefix micro-

derived from the Greek word mikros, μικρός (small; small (in size, quantity, number or dignity))