Etymology

recursion

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Today it means: The act of recurring. Full definition →

Latin recursiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromrecursiō“the act of running back or again, return”
  2. English todayrecursion

Borrowed from Latin recursiō (“the act of running back or again, return”), from recurrō (“run back; return”), from re- (“back, again”) + currō (“run”).

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