Etymology

encoder

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Today it means: A device or algorithm used to encode something. Full definition →

English encode ← Middle English code ← Old French code
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Latincaudex
  9. Latincōdex
  10. Old Frenchcode
  11. Middle Englishcode
  12. Englishcode
  13. Englishencode
  14. English todayencoder

From encode + -er.

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