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English word origin

Etymology of doco

Etymology tree French documentairebor. English documentary Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English doco From documentary + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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noun

Abbreviation of documentary. · Abbreviation of documentation.

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Etymology tree French documentairebor. English documentary Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English doco From documentary + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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