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Code.

code

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun[koːt][kɔʊ̯t]

code
masculine · strong

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English code, from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin codex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of Kodex.

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