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decoder
- /dɪˈkəʊdə(ɹ)/ UK
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
Latin caudex
Latin cōdex
Old French codebor.
Middle English code
English code
English decode
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English decoder
From decode + -er.
noun decoders
- A person who decodes secret messages
- A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
