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Where does “recumbent” come from?

recumbent (Latin) comes from Latin recumbo, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

recumbent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

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  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “recumbent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrecumboI lie back, I recline; I sink down, I fall down
2Latinrĕ-—
3Latinprōdūcō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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