English
replication
Replication comes from Latin replicātiō ‘folding back’, from plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold, bend or flex’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreplicō‘to turn, fold or bend back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreplicātiōas replicātiō‘folding back’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400replicacioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500replicacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 2014replication
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold, bend or flex’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreplicō‘to turn, fold or bend back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreplicātiōas replicātiō‘folding back’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400replicacioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500replicacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 2014replication
Earliest quotation: 2014, Wikipedia: “DNA replication is the process of producing two identical…”
Equivalent to replicate + -ation
Latin replicāre ‘to fold or bend back’
Latin replicātus ‘bent back, unrolled, reflected’
English replicate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, fiasco, exploitation, flax, flack, plexus, flagon, 34 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’
apply, display, employment, employ, exploit, imply, explicit, deploy, ploy, implicit, ply, accomplice, supple, inexplicable, complicity, complicate, complication, pliable, implicate, splay, pliant, triplicate, supplication, explication, 22 more
through Latin replicō ‘to turn, fold or bend back’
Today it means
noun The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / replication