Where does “reciprocantive” come from?
reciprocantive (English) comes from English reciprocant, 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.
reciprocantive (English): Relating to a reciprocant
Definitions
- Relating to a reciprocant
Ancestry of “reciprocantive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reciprocant | A contravariant expressing a certain condition of tangency; a differential invariant |
| 2 | Latin | reciprocus | back and forth; alternating; reciprocal |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |