köken: Neologism of the end of 20th century. Semantic loan from English assembler. Analysed as σύμβολ(ο) (“symbol”) + -ο- (“linking vowel”) + μεταφραστής (“translator”).
assembler (a tool that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code) · assembler, assembly (a programming language whose mnemonic instructions directly correspond to machine instructions for a particular processor)
livestock · herder, herdsman · someone who gathers people for an event, such as voting
çekim: çoğul smalar · tamlayan smala
köken: From Old Norse smali (“livestock”). In the sense “herdsman” (attested since the 17th century) the word is a shortening of smalamaður (“herdsman”), which is derived from this word in the sense “livestock”. The sense “assembler” is derived from the “herdsman” sense, being a poetic translation of English assembler. Ultimately derived from the adjective smalr (“small”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz,…