Etymology

rebaptize

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Today it means: To baptize again. Full definition →

English baptize ← Middle English baptisen ← Old French baptiser
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeh₂bʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷh₂bʰyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷápt͏̌ō
  9. Ancient Greekβάπτω (báptō)
  10. Ancient Greekβαπτίζω (baptízō)
  11. Late Latinbaptizō
  12. Old Frenchbaptiser
  13. Middle Englishbaptisen
  14. Englishbaptize
  15. English todayrebaptize

From re- + baptize.

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