How the Latin language influenced English with the word 'replica'

'Replica' is a word borrowed from Latin 'replica'. The word entered the English language some time around 1824.

replica [noun] [1824]

• an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist
• a copy exact in all details
• copy

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Etymology: Italian, repetition, from 'replicare' to repeat, from Late Latin, from Latin, to fold back

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