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Retrospect

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a survey or review of past events, often revealing new understanding
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Stage 1 of 2
retrospicere
Latin · ancient
"to look backward"
to look back, from retro- (backward) and specere (to look)
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Stage 2 of 2
retrospect
English · 1600s
"a survey or review of past events"
settled as the English word for looking back on past events
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