Repetition
/ˌrɛpəˈtɪʃən/noun
The act or process of saying, doing, or occurring again.
Did you know?Repetition has long been central to incantations, prayers, chants, and rituals because repeated words were believed to intensify memory, emotion, or supernatural power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pet-
“To rush toward, seek, or aim at”
Classical Latin
Latin
petere
“To seek, aim at, attack, or request”
Classical Latin
Latin
repetere
“To seek again, go back to, or repeat”
Late Latin
Latin
repetitio
“A repeating or saying again”
13th–14th Century
Old French
repetition
“Repetition or recurrence”
14th Century
English
repetition
“The act of repeating; recurrence”
Modern English
English
repetition
“The act or process of doing or saying something again”