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Basque
Pronunciation
Verb
dator
- Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of etorri (“to come”).
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Swedish computer.
Noun
dator m
- computer
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Lars Steensland (2021) Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also Latin dō). Cognates include Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr) and Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tar-).
Pronunciation
Noun
dator m (genitive datōris); third declension
- Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron
- (sports) a slave who hands the player the ball
- Antonym: factor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Verb
dator
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dō
References
- “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin root *debtoriu < *dēbitōrius for Latin dēbitor (“debtor”), ultimately from dēbitum (“debt”), from dēbeō (“to owe”); influenced by the verb da (“to give”). Compare Aromanian dãtor. Doublet of the borrowing debitor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dator m or n (feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine and neuter plural datoare)
- indebted (to)
- obliged (to)
- owing money
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From data + -or. Proposed in 1967 by professor Börje Langefors, as a parallel to doktor and traktor, based on data. Earlier Swedish words for computer were kalkylator, matematikmaskin, elektronhjärna and datamaskin, the later often colloquially abbreviated to data.
Pronunciation
Noun
dator c
- computer (data processing machine)
- Synonyms: (rare) datamaskin, data
- (rare) indefinite plural of data
Usage notes
- (computer): The somewhat common synonym data is usually proscribed.
Declension
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