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Where does “encode” come from?

Encode derives from English code, from French code, from Latin caudex meaning tree trunk, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to bend or curve.

encode (English): To convert into code; To convert source...

Definitions

  1. To convert into code; To convert source...

Ancestry of “encode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcodeA short symbol, often with little relation to the...
2EnglishbytecodeP-code
3EnglishbyteA short sequence of bits that can be operated on...
4EnglishbiteTo cut into something by clamping the teeth; To...
5Middle Englishbitento bite
6Old Englishbetēonto cover, surround, enclose; to cover, surround,...
7Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
8Old Englishtēohan—
9Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
10Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
11Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

Words derived from “encode”

  • encoder
  • encodement
  • encodable
  • autoencoder
  • encodability
  • unencode
  • re-encode
  • misencode
  • unencodable
  • encode
  • encodage
  • encoder
  • encodeur
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