Where does “iterate” come from?
iterate (Italian) comes from Italian iterare, from Latin iterō, from Latin iterum, from Proto-Indo-European i-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
iterate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “iterate”, step by step
iterate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian iterare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | iterare | to repeat; to iterate |
| 2 | Latin | iterō | to do a second time, repeat, renew |
| 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- | — |
via Italian iterato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | iterato | past participle of iterare; repeated; iterated |