computacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• computacion, computacyoun, computation

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

• “compūtāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.