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Where does “recitativelike” come from?

recitativelike (English) comes from English recitative, from Italian recitativo, from Latin recitō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

recitativelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a recitative

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a recitative

Ancestry of “recitativelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrecitativedialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than...
2Italianrecitativorecited; recitation; recitative
3Latinrecitō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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