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9361 Etymology dictionary, p. recursive (adj.).2
1790, "periodically recurring," from Latin recurs-, stem of recurrere "run back" (see recur ) + -ive. Mathematical sense is from 1934. Related: Recursively; recursiveness .
9362 Etymology dictionary, p. *rei-.2
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to flow, run."
9363 Etymology dictionary, p. *rei-.4
… rinnan "run, flow," rinno "brook;" Middle Low German ride "brook;" Old English riþ "stream;" Old English rinnan, Old Norse rinna "to run," Dutch ril "running stream."
9364 Etymology dictionary, p. reindeer (n.).2
… "to run;" and Swedish renko "female reindeer," with ko "cow" (n.)).
9365 Etymology dictionary, p. rennet (n.1).2
… to run together," because it makes milk run or curdle; from Proto-Germanic *rannijanan, causative of *renwanan "to run" (from PIE root *rei- "to run, flow"). Compare German …
9366 Etymology dictionary, p. rerun (v.).2
… re-run, 1804, "to run (over) again," in reference to races, etc., from re- "back, again" + run (v.). Specifically as "to show (a motion picture, etc.) again" by 1962. The noun, in reference …
9367 Etymology dictionary, p. rev (v.).2
"cause (an engine) to run quickly," especially when not in gear, 1916, from earlier noun (1901), shortening of revolution, in reference to the internal combustion engine. Related: Revved; revving .
9368 Etymology dictionary, p. Rhine.2
… - "to run, flow"). The spelling with -h- (also in Latin Rhenus; French Rhin ) is from influence of the Greek form of the name, Rhenos .
9369 Etymology dictionary, p. rift (n.).3
… fault running parallel to the relief" is by 1921. As a verb, c. 1300, "to split, form fissures, gape open."
9370 Etymology dictionary, p. rill (n.).2
… , furrow, running stream," probably from Proto-Germanic *ril- (source also of Old English rið, riþe "brook, stream," which survives only in dialects), a diminutive form …
9371 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.1).5
… .). To run rings round (someone) "be superior to" is from 1891.
9372 Etymology dictionary, p. rio (n.).2
"a river," from Spanish rio, from Latin rivus "brook, stream" (from PIE root *rei- "to run, flow").
9373 Etymology dictionary, p. riot (n.).4
To run riot "act or move without control or restraint" is by 1520s, a figurative extension of the oldest Middle English meaning of the word, in reference to hounds …
9374 Etymology dictionary, p. risk (n.).2
1660s, risque, "hazard, danger, peril, exposure to mischance or harm," from French risque (16c.), from Italian risco, riscio (modern rischio ), from riscare "run into danger," a word of uncertain origin.
9375 Etymology dictionary, p. risk (n.).4
Paired with run (v.) from 1660s. Risk aversion is recorded from 1942; risk factor from 1906; risk management from 1963; risk-taker from 1892.
9376 Etymology dictionary, p. rival (n.).2
… - "to run, flow").
9377 Etymology dictionary, p. rivulet (n.).2
… - "to run, flow"). For ending, see -let .
9378 Etymology dictionary, p. roll (n.2).2
… a run of success" is by 1976.
9379 Etymology dictionary, p. rotary (adj.).2
… - "to run, to turn, to roll" (source also of Sanskrit rathah "car, chariot;" Avestan ratho; Lithuanian ratas "wheel," ritu "I roll;" Old Irish roth, Welsh rhod "carriage wheel …
9380 Etymology dictionary, p. roue (n.).3
… "broken, run-over, beat down."