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Where does “digipeater” come from?

digipeater (English) comes from English repeater, from English repeat, from Middle English repeten, from Middle French repeter, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

digipeater (English): A digital repeater

Definitions

  1. A digital repeater

Ancestry of “digipeater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepeaterOne who or that which repeats; A student...
2EnglishrepeatTo do or say again; To refill; To happen again;...
3Middle Englishrepetento repeat
4Middle Frenchrepeter—
5Old Frenchrepeterto repeat; to say multiple times
6Latinrepetō—
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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