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Where does “repeter” come from?

repeter (Old French) comes from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

repeter (Old French): to repeat; to say multiple times

Definitions

  1. to repeat; to say multiple times

Ancestry of “repeter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrepetō—
2Latinrĕ-—
3Latinprōdūcō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “repeter”

  • repeat
  • repeatable
  • repeater
  • repeatability
  • unrepeatable
  • nonrepeatable
  • repeateth
  • unrepeatability
  • repeatably
  • repeatest
  • nonrepeat
  • repeaterless
  • misrepeat
  • unrepeatably
  • autorepeat
  • octarepeat
  • unrepeatableness
  • subrepeat
  • rerepeat
  • antirepeater
  • multirepeat
  • répétable
  • répétabilité
  • répéteur
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