Etymology

bicharacter

B3I1C3H4A1R1A1C3T1E1R1

Today it means: A type of bilinear complex number Full definition →

English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  7. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  8. Latincharactēr
  9. Old Frenchcaractere
  10. Middle Englishcaracter
  11. Englishcharacter
  12. English todaybicharacter

From bi- + character.

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