Where does “recitative” come from?
Recitative comes from Italian recitativo, from Latin recitare meaning to recite, composed of Latin re- and citus meaning quick, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- and wer-.
recitative (English): dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than...
Definitions
- dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than...
Ancestry of “recitative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | recitativo | recited; recitation; recitative |
| 2 | Latin | recitō | — |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “recitative”