
English word operation comes from Latin opus (Need. Work, accomplishment.)
opus (Latin)
Need. Work, accomplishment.
operari (Latin)
operatio (Latin)
Activity. Effect, result. Operation.
operacion (Old French)
Action; act; operation.
operation (Middle French)
Function; role.
operation (English)
(computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).. (medicine) A surgical procedure.. (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm). (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.. A business or organization.. A planned undertaking.. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or [...]