Word Origin Summary

Recalcitro is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• recalcitrar

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• recalcitrant

  English · borrowed from

• récalcitrant

  French · derived from

• recalcitrant

  Romanian · borrowed from

• recalcitrant

  Dutch · borrowed from

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