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Where does “recidere” come from?

recidere (Latin) comes from Latin recido, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

recidere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “recidere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrecidoI fall back, return; I recoil; I fall upon,...
2Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “recidere”

  • recision
  • recisio
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