- compile
[compile 词源字典]
- compile: see pile
[compile etymology, compile origin, 英语词源] - compile (v.)
- early 14c., from Old French compiler "compile, collect" (13c.), from Latin compilare "to plunder, rob," probably originally "bundle together, heap up;" hence "to pack up and carry off," from com- "together" (see com-) + pilare "to compress, ram down." Related: Compiled; compiling.