English
repetition
Repetition comes from Latin repetō ‘to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action’, from petō ‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péth₂eti‘to fly’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpetō‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepetō‘to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepetītiōas repetitionem
- Englishearliest quotation 1837repetition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péth₂eti‘to fly’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpetō‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepetō‘to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepetītiōas repetitionem
- Englishearliest quotation 1837repetition
Earliest quotation: 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The End of Doubt: “How we hope and believe each day will be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’
pass, mile, expand, expansion, patent, pen, helicopter, feather, symptom, spawn, expanse, pennant, patina, patella, pata, pinion, penna, 82 more
through Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti ‘to fly’
through Latin petō ‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire,…’
compete, perpetual, competitor, impetus, perpetuate, perpetuity, petulant, impetuous, petulance, 15 more
through Latin repetō ‘to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action’
Today it means
noun The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- / repetition