English
recitation
Recitation comes from Latin recitō ‘to read aloud, recite’, from citō ‘call forth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move, be in motion’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyh₂-‘to move, be in motion’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kieōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcieō‘to summon, call’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcitō‘call forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecitō‘to read aloud, recite’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecitatio
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600récitation
- Englishearliest quotation 1882recitation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyh₂-‘to move, be in motion’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kieōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcieō‘to summon, call’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcitō‘call forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecitō‘to read aloud, recite’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecitatio
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600récitation
- Englishearliest quotation 1882recitation
Earliest quotation: 1882, Wayside Gleanings for Leisure Moments, Cambridge University Press: “I shall now endeavor to give some account of…”
Formed from recite + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move, be in motion’
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Latin citō ‘call forth’
Latin recitō ‘to read aloud, recite’
Old French reciter
Middle English reciten
English recite
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move, be in motion’
kinetic, kinase, cytokine, cine, kinematics, kine, 13 more
through Latin cieō ‘to summon, call’
through Latin citō ‘call forth’
Today it means
noun The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- / recitation