Etymology

reauthentication

Today it means: authentication again Full definition →

English authentication ← Medieval Latin authenticō ← Middle English re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Medieval Latinauthenticō
  7. Englishauthenticate
  8. Englishauthentication
  9. English todayreauthentication

From re- + authentication.

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