dator

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.tor/, [ˈda.tɔr]

Noun

dator m (genitive datōris); third declension

1. Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron

Verb

dator

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dō
2. 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

Alternative forms

• datoriu (archaic)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈtor/

Adjective

dator m, n (feminine singular datoare, masculine plural datori, feminine and neuter plural datoare)

1. indebted (to)
2. obliged (to)
3. owing money

Etymology

Proposed in 1968 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

• IPA^(key): /dɑːtɔr/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

dator c

1. a computer, a data processing machine
2. indefinite plural of data