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noun a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.? Proto-Italic *frekʷents Latin frequēns Latin frequentāreder. Late Latin frequentātīvusder. Middle English frequentatyf English frequentative Inherited from Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”), from frequēns (“crowded, crammed; frequent, repeated”), from Proto-Italic *frekʷents,…
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