In English "to compile" is defined as "produce (something, especially a list, report, or book) by assembling information collected from other sources." which seems like a good description of what A0 to A2 did.
It is a pity that when people started to build translators they didn't use that name but instead kept the now obsolete term "compiler".
Look up "etymological fallacy".
Words don't have a "true meaning" independent of how they are used.
(Its output was subroutine calls, but that is a matter for optimization. When your compiler has to fit in 1K machine words, you make compromises.)