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Where does “récidiviste” come from?

récidiviste (French) comes from French récidiver, from Italian recidivare, from Italian recidiva, from Italian recidivo, from Latin recidīvus, from Latin recidō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

récidiviste (French): reoffending; repeat offender

Definitions

  1. reoffending; repeat offender

Ancestry of “récidiviste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrécidiverto reoffend, to recidivate
2ItalianrecidivareTo relapse
3Italianrecidivafeminine singular of recidivo; female equivalent...
4Italianrecidivohabitual; recurring; Habitual offender,...
5Latinrecidīvus—
6Latinrecidō—
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “récidiviste”

  • recidivist
  • recidivistic
  • nonrecidivist
  • recidivistically
  • multirécidiviste
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