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Where does “reciprok” come from?

reciprok (Danish) comes from French réciproque, from Latin reciprocus, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

reciprok (Danish): reciprocal; multiplicative inverse; in a field,...

Definitions

  1. reciprocal; multiplicative inverse; in a field,...

Ancestry of “reciprok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchréciproquereciprocal; converse
2Latinreciprocusback and forth; alternating; reciprocal
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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