Etymology

re-mark

Today it means: The assignment of a mark (e.g. from an examination) to replace an existing mark. Full definition →

English mark ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishmark
  7. English todayre-mark

From re- + mark.

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