propagate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 358 words | Copyright

propagate multiply specimens of (a plant, etc.); cause to increase or spread. XVI. f. pp. stem of L. prōpāgāre (prop.) multiply by means of layers or slips, rel. to prōpāgō, prōpāgēs set, layer, offspring, f. PRO-1 + *pāg — Fix (cf. PAGE2); see -ATE2.
So propagation XV. — (O)F. or L.

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