Where does “reflexion” come from?
reflexion (Middle French) comes from Late Latin reflexio, from Latin reflectere, from Latin reflecto, 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.
Ancestry of “reflexion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | reflexio | turning away or back; reflection |
| 2 | Latin | reflectere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | reflecto | I turn back or away; I reflect |
| 4 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “reflexion”
- reflection
- antireflection
- interreflection
- reflectional
- reflectionless
- retroreflection
- irreflection
- metareflection
- transflection
- multireflection
- reflectionally
- reflectie
- superreflection
- refleksi
- reflection-in-action
- reflection-on-action
- hyporeflection
- misreflection
- pseudoreflection
- reflectionism
- rotoreflection
- self-reflection
- zelfreflectie
- reflektio