Etymology

reattachment

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Today it means: The act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment. Full definition →

English attachment ← 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. Englishattachment
  7. English todayreattachment

From re- + attachment.

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