computatorium

Pronunciation: [kɔm.pʊ.taːˈtoː.ri.ũː]

“computatorium” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

table, desk or chest for counting (or keeping) money
token used for keeping count
room or house for counting (accounting)
compter, sheriff's court or prison
computer (reckoning device)

Etymology

From computō (“to reckon”) + -tōrium (locational or instrumental substantivization), neuter of -tōrius. In the medieval attestations, likely a mechanical rendering of the early Romance equivalent of modern French comptoir into proper Latin; in the New Latin sense, translates English computer.

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