Etymology

reflection

re·flec·tion
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Today it means: The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. Full definition →

Middle English refleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection ← Middle French reflection, reflexion ← Late Latin reflexiō
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromreflexiō
  2. Middle French · derived fromreflection, reflexion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrefleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection
  4. English todayreflection

From Middle English refleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection, from Middle French reflection, reflexion, and its source Late Latin reflexiō, from the participle stem of reflectō. The current spelling is influenced by reflect. Equivalent to reflect + -ion.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinreflexiō all →

reflexion

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