myEtymology.com: English etymology of reduplicative

Etymology of the English word reduplicative

the English word reduplicative

using the English suffix -ive

derived from the French suffix -ive

derived from the Latin suffix -ivus

derived from the English word reduplicate

derived from the Late Latin word reduplicatio

derived from the Late Latin word reduplicare

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word duplicare (double, bend double; duplicate)

derived from the Late Latin word duplus (twice as much, double)

derived from the Classical Latin word duo

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dwo-

derived from the Latin word duplex (twofold, double; divided)

derived from the Late Latin word plicare (to fold; fold , bend, flex; multiply by X , X-tuple; add together)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plek-

using the Latin prefix du-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dwo-