recension

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱn̥seh₁-
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*wre-“again”
3. Latin · derived fromrecēnsiō“enumeration; review; reassessment”
4. English todayrecension

From Latin recēnsiō (“enumeration; review; reassessment”), from recēnseō (“to count, reckon; to examine, review; to go over, revise”), from re- (“again”) (from Proto-Italic *wre- (“again”); further etymology uncertain) + cēnseō (“to give an opinion; to suppose, think; to assess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱn̥seh₁-, *ḱn̥seye- (“to announce”)).

Words from the same roots