Where does “résipiscence” come from?
résipiscence (French) comes from Middle French resipiscence, from Latin resipiscentia, from Latin resipiscens, from Latin resipisco, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
résipiscence (French): repentance, resipiscence
Ancestry of “résipiscence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | resipiscence | — |
| 2 | Latin | resipiscentia | nominative neuter plural of resipīscēns;... |
| 3 | Latin | resipiscens | |
| 4 | Latin | resipisco | I recover my senses; I revive |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |