Where does “recuperate” come from?

Recuperate comes from Latin recuperāre, from reciperāre, from recipere meaning "to take back," composed of re- "back" and a root from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- meaning "to seize or take."

recuperate (English): To recover, especially from an illness; to get...

Definitions

  1. To recover, especially from an illness; to get...

Ancestry of “recuperate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrecuperāre—
2Latinreciperāre—
Every word from Latin reciperāre →Every word from Latin recuperāre →