Etymology

rebarbarization

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Today it means: An act which causes people revert again to a state which is primitive and uncivilized. Full definition →

English barbarization ← 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. Englishbarbarization
  7. English todayrebarbarization

From re- + barbarization.

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