Etymology

faxer

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Today it means: One who sends a fax. Full definition →

English fax ← Latin fac simile ← Proto-Italic *semalis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  4. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  5. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  6. Latinfacio
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-
  9. Proto-Italic*semalis
  10. Latinsimilis
  11. Latinfac simile
  12. Englishfacsimileclip.
  13. Englishfax
  14. English todayfaxer

From fax + -er.

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