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Where does “recital” come from?

recital (Portuguese) comes from French récital, from French récit, from French réciter, from Latin recitō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

recital (Portuguese): recital

Definitions

  1. recital

Ancestry of “recital”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrécitalrecital
2Frenchrécitrecital; account, narrative; swell division of a...
3Frenchréciterto recite, to declaim
4Latinrecitō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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