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Where does “code” come from?

code (Old French) comes from Latin cōdex, from Latin caudex — A tree trunk, stump; A bollard; post; A book,...

code (Old French): Alternative form of coute; elbow; system of law

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of coute; elbow; system of law

Ancestry of “code”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincōdex—
2LatincaudexA tree trunk, stump; A bollard; post; A book,...

Words derived from “code”

  • code
  • coding
  • encode
  • decoder
  • decode
  • encoder
  • cud
  • codify
  • coder
  • codebook
  • pseudocode
  • codeword
  • noncoding
  • opcode
  • bytecode
  • postcode
  • couldn't
  • timecode
  • codename
  • shellcode
  • recode
  • decodable
  • microcode
  • vocoder
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