Duplicate
/ˈdjuː.plɪ.kət/noun
An exact copy of something; also, to make or produce an exact copy.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestor *duplicatus* comes from *duplus* (“double”), which is why the word carries the eerie sense of something being made over again, not just copied.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dwo-
“two”
Latin
Latin
duplus
“double, twofold”
Late Latin
Latin
duplicatus
“doubled, folded twice”
Old French
Old French
dupliquer
“to double, make twice”
Middle English
English
duplicate
“made double; an exact copy”
Modern English
English
duplicate
“an exact copy or to make an exact copy”
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