Etymograph

English

recency

Recency comes from Latin recens ‘new, recent, lately, newly, green, refreshed’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ken-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ken-‘new, fresh’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecens‘new, recent, lately, newly, green, refreshed’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecentia
  4. Englishtodayrecency

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ken-‘new, fresh’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecens‘new, recent, lately, newly, green, refreshed’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecentia
  4. Englishtodayrecency

Formed from recent + -cy

Proto-Indo-European *ken- ‘new’

Latin recēns ‘new’

English recent

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ken- ‘new, fresh’

nod, nosh, incinerate, nookie, cinerea, 21 more

Today it means

noun The property of being recent; newness.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ken- / recency

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