Etymograph

English

iterate

Iterate comes from Latin iterātus ‘repeated’, from iterum ‘again’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁íteros ‘other’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁íteros‘other’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*iterosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiterum‘again’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiterō‘to do something for a second time, repeat’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiterātus‘repeated’perfect passive participle of iterō
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500iterat(e)
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1558iterate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁íteros‘other’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*iterosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiterum‘again’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiterō‘to do something for a second time, repeat’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiterātus‘repeated’perfect passive participle of iterō
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500iterat(e)
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1558iterate

Earliest quotation: 1558, Thomas Watson, Sermon V: “Therfore I beseche you brethren doe not neglect this…”

first attested The adjective is first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1533, the noun in 1941; partly inherited from Middle English iterat(e) (adjective), partly borrowed from Latin iterātus, perfect passive participle of iterō (“to do something for a second time, repeat”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)) , from iterum (“again”) + -ō (as stated in the etymology)

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁íteros

Today it means

verb To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁íteros / iterate

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