Etymology of the English word recoil
the English word
recoilderived from the Old French word
reculerderived from the French word
culderived from the Latin word
culus (buttocks; posterior; anus)
using the Old French prefix
re-derived from the English word
culusing the English prefix
re-derived from the Latin prefix
re-derived from the English word
coilderived from the Old French word
coillirderived from the Latin word
colligere (collect, assemble, bring; obtain, acquire, amass)
derived from the Latin word
legere (read; gather, collect)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of recoil in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
recoilless,
recoiled,
recoilingUsage
Word found in Modern English
