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English word calculate comes from Latin calculus (a pebble of the kind that was used on the abacus), which is derived from the Latin calx (chalk, limestone)
calx (Latin)
Chalk. Limestone. The finish line.
-olus (Latin)
calculus (Latin)
A piece in the latrunculi game. Pebble, stone. Reckoning, calculating.
calculare (Latin)
calculatus (Latin)
calculate (English)
(intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.. [...]