Recovery
/rɪˈkʌv.ər.i/noun
The process of regaining health, strength, or something lost.
Did you know?Recovery comes from Latin *recuperare*, likely built from *re-* (“again”) + *cuperare* (“to seize, get”), so its oldest force is not healing alone, but reclaiming what was lost.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
recuperare
“to get back, regain, recover”
Late Latin
Latin
recuperatio
“a recovering, regaining”
Old French
Old French
recoverer
“to regain, get back”
Middle English
English
recovery
“the regaining of something lost; restoration”
Modern English
English
recovery
“the process of returning to health, normality, or possession”
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