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controller (n.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French
contrerolleour
(late 13c.), Old French
contrerelleor
(Modern French
contrôleur
), from Medieval Latin
contrarotulator
, agent noun from
*contra-rotulare
(see
control
(v.)). Mechanical sense is from 1867.
