- replicate (v.)
[replicate 词源字典]
- early 15c., "repeat," from Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare (see reply). Meaning "to copy, reproduce, make a replica of" is from 1882, a back-formation from replication. Genetic sense is first recorded 1957. Related: Replicated; replicating.[replicate etymology, replicate origin, 英语词源]