Etymology

dedupe

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Today it means: To deduplicate. Full definition →

English dupe ← Latin duplicātus ← Proto-Italic *dē
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latinduplex
  8. Latinduplicātus
  9. Englishduplicateclip.
  10. Englishdupe
  11. English todaydedupe

From de- + dupe.

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