Etymology

rebase

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Today it means: To replace the base of a denture. Full definition →

English base ← Middle English bas ← Old French bas
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Late Latinbassus
  7. Old Frenchbas
  8. Middle Englishbas
  9. Englishbase
  10. English todayrebase

From re- + base.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.