{"id":639150,"date":"2024-10-07T21:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T01:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=639150"},"modified":"2024-10-07T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T01:41:20","slug":"iterate-etymology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/07\/iterate-etymology\/","title":{"rendered":"Iterate Etymology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word <strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153iterate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> originates from the Latin verb <strong><em>iterare<\/em><\/strong>, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to do again\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to repeat.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This Latin verb is derived from <strong><em>iterum<\/em><\/strong>, meaning \u00e2\u20ac\u0153again.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The Proto-Indo-European root of these Latin terms is <em>_i-tero-<\/em>, stemming from the pronominal root <em>_i-<\/em>, which is associated with the concept of repetition or return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The term entered the English language in the <strong>early 15th century<\/strong>. Initially, it maintained its Latin meaning of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to do again\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to repeat.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Over time, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153iterate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d became commonly used in mathematics, computer science, and general language to describe the action of repeating a process or set of instructions, often with the aim of approaching a desired goal or result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary of the Etymology:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Latin Roots:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong><em>Iterare<\/em><\/strong>: To do again, repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong><em>Iterum<\/em><\/strong>: Again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Proto-Indo-European Root:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <em>i-tero-<\/em>: From the pronominal root <em>_i-<\/em>, relating to repetition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Entry into English:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Early 15th Century<\/strong>: Adopted with the meaning \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to do again, repeat.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Usage Evolution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>15th Century Onwards<\/strong>: Used in English to signify the act of repeating an action or process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Modern Contexts<\/strong>: Common in fields like computer science for processes that involve repetition, such as loops and iterative algorithms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153iterate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d originates from the Latin verb iterare, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to do again\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to repeat.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This Latin verb is derived from iterum, meaning \u00e2\u20ac\u0153again.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The Proto-Indo-European root of these Latin terms is \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639151,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639150\/revisions\/639151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}