Where does “recitativ” come from?

recitativ (Swedish) comes from French récitatif, from Italian recitativo, from Latin recitō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

recitativ (Swedish): a recitative, a singing style close to speech

Definitions

  1. a recitative, a singing style close to speech

Ancestry of “recitativ”, step by step

recitativ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French récitatif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrécitatifrecitative
2Italianrecitativorecited; recitation; recitative
3Latinrecitōto read aloud, recite
4Latinrĕ-back, backwards
5Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
6Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
7Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Latin recitāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrecitāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →