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	to read aloud, recite
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

Words derived from “recitative”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →