Etymology

codify

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Today it means: To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English code
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The story

  1. Latincaudex
  2. Latincōdex
  3. Old Frenchcode
  4. Middle Englishcode
  5. Englishcode
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Italic*θakos
  8. English todaycodify

From code + -ify.

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