Where does “iterate” come from?

Iterate comes from Latin itero, meaning to repeat, derived from iterum meaning again, which traces to Proto-Indo-European i-tero- and éy, related to Latin erro meaning to wander.

iterate (English): to perform or repeat an action on each item in a...

Definitions

  1. to perform or repeat an action on each item in a...

Ancestry of “iterate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniteratusrepeated
2Latiniterōto do a second time, repeat, renew
3Latiniterumagain, anew; a second time
4Proto-Indo-Europeani-tero-other
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

Words derived from “iterate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →