computist
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The -ist suffix comes from Greek. It can be Latinized as -ista. Words with that suffix are masculine. So you could possibly have computista (masculine), but that word would be a bit of a monster because it's a mixture of a Latin root and a Greek suffix. Such hybrids aren't unheard of, but they aren't very nice, and there's no real reason to make one here. You could perhaps use the following:
Computator (masculine)
Computatrix (feminine)
There's no neuter version of this. A computist is a person, not a thing. With a few special exceptions, neuter nouns don't denote people. Agent nouns like these aren't usually turned into diminutives, either. You'd just add an adjective meaning "small".
Computator (masculine)
Computatrix (feminine)
There's no neuter version of this. A computist is a person, not a thing. With a few special exceptions, neuter nouns don't denote people. Agent nouns like these aren't usually turned into diminutives, either. You'd just add an adjective meaning "small".
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