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
- to perform or repeat an action on each item in a...
Ancestry of “iterate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | iteratus | repeated |
| 2 | Latin | iterō | — |
| 3 | Latin | iterum | again, anew; a second time |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | i-tero- | other |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |
Words derived from “iterate”