Etymology

retroaction

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Today it means: Any action that has an influence due to a past event Full definition →

English action ← Middle English accioun ← Old French aucion
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Old Frenchaucion
  6. Middle Englishaccioun
  7. Englishaction
  8. English todayretroaction

From retro- + action.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.