recens

Latin

Etymology

re- + Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), with a semantic development to "rise freshly, come up, begin", also seen in cognates such as Old Irish cinim (“to rise”) and Old Church Slavonic начѧти (na-čęti, “to begin”), въчѧти (vŭ-čęti, “to begin”).

Classical cognates include Ancient Greek καινός (kainos, “new”) and Sanskrit कनीन (kanī́na, “young, youthful”).

Adjective

recēns m, f, n, (genitive recentis); third declension

1. new, recent
2. fresh
3. young
4. vigorous

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	recēns	recēns		recentēs	recentia
genitive	recentis	recentis		recentium	recentium
dative	recentī	recentī		recentibus	recentibus
accusative	recentem	recēns		recentēs	recentia
ablative	recentī	recentī		recentibus	recentibus
vocative	recēns	recēns		recentēs	recentia

Adverb

recēns (not comparable)

1. lately, recently

Descendants

• Aromanian: aratse
• English: recent
• French: récent
• Italian: recente

• Old French: roisant
• Portuguese: recente, recém
• Romanian rece
• Spanish: reciente, recién