Where does “repetitie” come from?
repetitie (Dutch) comes from Dutch repeteren, from Middle Dutch repeteren, from Middle French repeter, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
repetitie (Dutch): test; repetition; rehearsal
Definitions
- test; repetition; rehearsal
Ancestry of “repetitie”, step by step
repetitie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch repeteren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | repeteren | to repeat; to rehearse |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | repeteren | — |
| 3 | Middle French | repeter | — |
| 4 | Old French | repeter | to repeat; to say multiple times |
| 5 | Latin | repetō | to attack again; to go back to |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French répétition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | répétition | repetition; rehearsal |
| 2 | Latin | repetitio | repetition; reclamation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |