propagate
/pˈɹɒpəˌɡeɪt/PRO-puh-gayt
/pˈɹɑpəˌɡeɪt/PRAH-puh-gayt
Meaningto extend (by layers)
Common meaning: to spread
Other meanings: to breed
- propagto fasten down layers; to extendLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1468 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PAK‘bind, fasten, fix, hold fast’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 188, p. 736 · scan
- Latinpropāgō, -āre‘to fasten down layers’
- Englishpropagate‘to spread’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin propāgō ‘to fasten down layers; to extend’.
Roots
- propāgō, -āre Latin “to fasten down layers; to extend”
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