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Frequency

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the rate at which something occurs or a wave oscillates over time
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Stage 1 of 2
frequentia
Latin · ancient
"a crowding, abundance"
a crowding, an abundance, from frequens (crowded, frequent)
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Stage 2 of 2
frequency
English · 1550s
"the rate at which something occurs or oscillates"
narrowed to mean the rate of occurrence or oscillation of something
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