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Reflect

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to throw back light or an image, or to think carefully about something
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Stage 1 of 2
reflectere
Latin · ancient
"to bend back"
to bend back, from re- (back) and flectere (to bend)
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Stage 2 of 2
reflect
English · 1300s
"to bounce back light, or to think deeply"
settled as the English word for light bouncing back, or thinking deeply
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