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Duplicate

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an exact copy of something, or to make an exact copy
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Stage 1 of 3
duo
Latin · ancient
"two"
two, combined with plicare (to fold)
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Stage 2 of 3
duplicare
Latin · ancient
"to double, to fold in two"
to double, to fold in two, from duo (two) and plicare (to fold)
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Stage 3 of 3
duplicate
English · 1400s
"an exact copy of something"
settled as the English word for an exact copy of something
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