Etymology

re-lay

Today it means: To lay (for example, flooring or railroad track) again. Full definition →

English lay ← Middle English leyen ← Old English leċġan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*logʰéyeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*lagjaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*laggjan
  10. Old Englishleċġan
  11. Middle Englishleyen
  12. Englishlay
  13. English todayre-lay

From re- + lay.

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