Where does “iterate” come from?
iterate (Latin) comes from Latin itero, from Latin erro, from Old French error, from Latin error, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
iterate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “iterate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | itero | I do a second time, repeat |
| 2 | Latin | erro | I wander, rove; I get lost, go astray; I err,... |
| 3 | Old French | error | to err; to make an error |
| 4 | Latin | error | wandering; wavering, uncertainty; error, mistake,... |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |