clone
The origin and history of clone.
Etymology
Coined in 1903 from Greek klōn, "twig" — the idea being a new plant grown from a cutting. The figurative sense (a copy of a person or thing) only caught on in the 1970s.
Class of 1903
clone first entered the language around 1903. Other words from the same year:
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