Branch Definition
To continue at an instruction in another part of the program by means of a branch.
- bifurcate
- subdivide
- furcate
- diverge
- fork
- ramify
- divaricate
- deliquesce
- divide
- Also used with out: bifurcate
- separate
- to separate into branches; fork
- to go off in another direction; diverge
- to put forth branches
- to extend the scope of interests, activities, etc.
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Origin of Branch
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From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, brance, from Vulgar Latin branca (“footprint", later also "paw, claw”), of unknown origin, possibly from Gaulish *vranca. Indo-European cognates include Old Norse vró (“angle, corner”), Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic рѫка (rǫka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yard work”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French branche from Late Latin branca paw perhaps of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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