Etymology

recent

re·cent
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Today it means: Having happened a short while ago. Full definition →

Latin recēns
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recent · adjective, noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromrecēns
  2. English todayrecent

Borrowed from Latin recēns (genitive recentis).

Recent · proper noun, adjective2

As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.

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