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Where does “replicator” come from?

replicator (English) comes from English replicate, from Latin replicatus, from Latin replicō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

replicator (English): Something capable of self-replication, like a...

Definitions

  1. Something capable of self-replication, like a...

Ancestry of “replicator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreplicateTo make a copy of; To repeat with a consistent...
2Latinreplicatusbent back, unrolled, reflected
3Latinreplicō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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