Etymograph

English

retroduplicate

From retro- + duplicate.

Formed from retro- + duplicate

Latin retrō ‘back, backwards, behind’

English retro-

Latin duplex ‘twofold’

Latin duplicātus ‘doubled, duplicated’

English duplicate

Today it means

verb To carry out a reverse transcription

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “retroduplicate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / retroduplicate