Where does “recency” come from?

Recency comes from Latin recentia, derived from Latin recens, which descends from Proto-Italic wrekents, meaning recent or fresh.

recency (English): The property of being recent; newness

Definitions

  1. The property of being recent; newness

Ancestry of “recency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrecentianominative neuter plural of recēns; accusative...
2Latinrecensnew, recent; fresh; young
3Proto-Italicwrekents—
Every word from Proto-Italic wrekents →Every word from Latin recens →Every word from Latin recentia →