self-replicating

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English replicating
English self-replicating

    From self- + replicating.

    Adjective

    self-replicating (not comparable)

    1. Able to generate a copy of itself.

    See also

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