The story
- Latin · derived fromrepercussio“rebounding; repercussion”
- Middle French · derived fromrépercussion
- English todayrepercussion
From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.