Replication
/ˌrɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
The act of copying, repeating, or reproducing something.
Did you know?Its deepest ancestor is the Latin verb *plicare*, “to fold,” the same root behind words for things that literally twist, bend, and double back on themselves.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*plek-
“to weave, plait, or fold”
Latin
Latin
plicare
“to fold”
Latin
Latin
replicare
“to fold back, unfold, repeat, answer”
Late Latin / Medieval Latin
Latin
replicatio
“a folding back; an answer or repetition”
Middle English
English
replicacioun
“an answering or repetition”
Modern English
English
replication
“the act of repeating or reproducing something”