Etymology

reargument

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Today it means: The arguing of a legal case again. Full definition →

English argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  8. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  9. Latinarguō
  10. Latinargūmentum
  11. Anglo-Normanarguement
  12. Middle Englishargument
  13. Englishargument
  14. English todayreargument

From re- + argument.

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