Etymology

Reconquista

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Today it means: The process by which the Christian countries of Spain and Portugal were reconquered and regained from the Moors. Full definition →

Spanish reconquista ← Latin re- ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Spanishre-
  4. Spanishconquistar
  5. Spanishreconquistardeverb.
  6. Spanishreconquista
  7. English todayReconquista

Borrowed from Spanish reconquista (“a reconquest”).

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