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

digipeater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English repeater

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
6Latinrepetōto attack again; to go back to
7Latinrĕ-back, backwards
8Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
9Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
10Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
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

via English digital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdigitalHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger
2LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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