English
reminiscent
Reminiscent comes from Latin reminīscēns ‘recollecting, remembering’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wre-‘again’reconstructedearlier origin unknown
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreminīscor‘remember’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreminīscēns‘recollecting, remembering’present participle of reminīscor
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1857reminiscent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wre-‘again’reconstructedearlier origin unknown
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreminīscor‘remember’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreminīscēns‘recollecting, remembering’present participle of reminīscor
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1857reminiscent
Earliest quotation: a. 1857, William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […]: “Some other state of existence, of which we have…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’
require, reverse, rescue, rely, remark, revoke, reciprocal, reciprocate, refrigerate, repellent, repulse, rappel, regurgitate, 16 more
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to reminiscence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *wre- / reminiscent