The story
- Old English · inherited fromagēn“again, eft, back”
- Middle English · learned borrowing fromayenbite
- English todayagenbite
Learned borrowing from Middle English ayenbite, reflecting Old English agēn (“again, eft, back”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishagēn all →
own
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.