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- Latin · derived fromreplicātiō, replicātiōnem
- Old French · derived fromreplicacion“reply, answer”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromreplicacioun
- Middle English · inherited fromreplicacioun
- English todayreplication
Inherited from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem. By surface analysis, replicate + -(at)ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.