Etymology

reproducible

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Today it means: Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people. Full definition →

English reproduce ← Middle English produce ← Latin prōdūcō
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  10. Proto-Italic*pro-
  11. Latinprō-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  14. Proto-Italic*doukō
  15. Latindūcō
  16. Latinprōdūcō
  17. Middle Englishproduce
  18. Englishproduce
  19. Englishreproduce
  20. English todayreproducible

From reproduce + -ible.

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