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Where does “recitatively” come from?

recitatively (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.

recitatively (English): In the style of, or in a way that relates to,...

Definitions

  1. In the style of, or in a way that relates to,...

Ancestry of “recitatively”, 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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