Etymology

propagation

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Today it means: The multiplication or natural increase in a population. Full definition →

Middle French propagation ← Old French propagacion ← Latin propagatio
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  1. Latin · derived frompropagatio
  2. Old French · derived frompropagacion
  3. Middle French · borrowed frompropagation
  4. English todaypropagation

From Middle French propagation, from Old French propagacion, from Latin propagatio. Morphologically propagate + -ion.

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