English → Latin
“compiler” in Latin
compīlōto snatch together and carry off; plunder, pillage, rob, stealcōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingle
The English word compiler itself goes back to Latin pīlō, through compīlātōrem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compiler
compilator (late; in classical Latin a plunderer): aliorum scrinia compilans (after Hor., Sat: 1, 1, 121): *qui librum ex aliorum scriptis, or e pluribus scriptoribus, confundit: [OBS., eclogarius is “a selected passage:” eclogarii = loci electi: Cic., Att., 16, 2, 5, Orell.]
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compiler?
- The usual Latin words for “compiler” are compīlō, cōnfundō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.