Etymology

demodulate

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Today it means: To reverse modulate, undo the effects of modulation. Full definition →

English modulate ← Latin modulor ← Proto-Italic *medos
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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. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  9. Proto-Italic*medos
  10. Latinmodus
  11. Latinmodulus
  12. Latinmodulor
  13. Englishmodulate
  14. English todaydemodulate

From de- + modulate.

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