English
subreplication
From sub- + replication.
Formed from sub- + replication
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
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Latin replicō ‘to turn, fold or bend back’
Latin replicātiō ‘folding back’
Anglo-Norman replicacioun
Middle English replicacioun
English replication
Today it means
noun The formation of subreplicates
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subreplication”. 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 / subreplication