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Where does “recrudescence” come from?

Recrudescence derives from Late Latin recrudescentia, from the Latin verb recrudescere, meaning to break open again or become raw again.

recrudescence (English): The condition or state being recrudescent; the...

Definitions

  1. The condition or state being recrudescent; the...

Ancestry of “recrudescence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinrecrudescentia
2Latinrecrudescens—
3Latinrecrūdēscō—
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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