Recur
/rɪˈkɝː/noun
To happen again or return to mind.
Did you know?Recur entered English through Latin roots meaning “to run back,” and its older sense could mean returning physically or mentally, like a thought that won’t let go.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kers-
“to run”
Latin
Latin
currere
“to run”
Latin
Latin
recurrere
“to run back, return”
Late Middle English
English
recurre(n)
“to run back; to return or reappear”
Modern English
English
recur
“to happen again or return to the mind”