English
repercussion
Repercussion comes from Latin repercussio ‘rebounding’, from percutio ‘beat, strike’, and ultimately from quatio ‘shake’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatio‘shake’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpercutio‘beat, strike’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepercutio‘cause to rebound, reflect, strike against’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepercussio‘rebounding’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600répercussion
- Englishearliest quotation 1846repercussion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatio‘shake’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpercutio‘beat, strike’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepercutio‘cause to rebound, reflect, strike against’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepercussio‘rebounding’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600répercussion
- Englishearliest quotation 1846repercussion
Earliest quotation: 1846, Julius Hare: “Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti
pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 29 more
through Latin quatio ‘shake’
cashier, concussion, quash, fracas, casco, zouk, casse, 18 more
Today it means
noun A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quatio / repercussion