Etymology

repetitive

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Today it means: Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating. Full definition →

Latin repetitus
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  1. Latin · derived fromrepetitus
  2. English todayrepetitive

From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.

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