Where does “recurrently” come from?
Recurrently derives from English recurrent, from Latin recurrens, the present participle of recurro meaning to run back, formed from re- (back) and currō (to run), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kers-.
recurrently (English): In a recurrent manner
Ancestry of “recurrently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | recurrent | Recurring; happening time after time;... |
| 2 | Latin | recurrens | running or hastening back; returning, reverting,... |
| 3 | Latin | recurrō | — |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |