Etymograph

English

reflectent

Reflectent comes from Latin reflectens ‘turning back or away, reflecting’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreflectens1‘turning back or away, reflecting’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1644reflectent1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English reflectent
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby: “The ray descendent, and the ray reflectent flying with…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreflectensWiktionary, English reflectent‘turning back or away, reflecting’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1644reflectentWiktionary, English reflectent. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby: “The ray descendent, and the ray reflectent flying with…”

Every English word from Latin reflectens

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reflectent”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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