## Etymology
From Latin percussio(n-) ('a striking, beating'), from percutere ('to strike through'), from per- ('through') + quatere ('to shake, strike').

## AI Etymology
Percussion is from Latin percussio(n-) ('a striking, beating'), from percutere ('to strike through'), from per- ('through') + quatere ('to shake, strike'). Important recorded forms include percussio (Latin), percutere (Latin), and quatere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the striking of one body against another; instruments played by striking. The wider family includes derived forms such as percussionist and percussive and related words such as percuss, percussive, concussion, and repercussion.

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- The Human Body
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