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code
c.1300, from O.Fr.
code
"system of laws," from L.
codex,
earlier
caudex
"book, book of laws," lit. "tree trunk," hence, wooden tablet for writing. The sense in "secret code" is 1808.
Codify
first attested c.1800.
