recapitulation

The story

1. Late Latin · derived fromrecapitulatio“summing up, summary”
2. Middle French · derived fromrecapitulacion
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrecapitulaciun
4. English todayrecapitulation

From Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”).