recurrent

/ɹɪˈkɜːənt/rih-KUR-uhnt

/ɹɪˈkɝənt/rih-KUR-uhnt

Meaningrecurring

Common meaning: happening again and again

reagain; back
currto runLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 503 · scan
entadjective ending: being or doing

‘again’ + ‘to run’ → recurrent

Journey through time

Latinrecurrere‘to run back’source
Englishrecur‘to happen again’
Englishformed in English from recurrecurrent‘happening again and again’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from recur + -ent.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RECUR, p.496 · scan

Roots

currō, cucurrī, cursum Latin “to run”

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