Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To provide (something) with cable(s). · To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s). · To wrap (wires) to form a cable. · To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. · An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. · An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. · A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
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