Etymology

rebear

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Today it means: To bear again. Full definition →

English bear ← Middle English bere ← Old English bera
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰwer-
  9. Proto-Germanic*berô
  10. Proto-West Germanic*berō
  11. Old Englishbera
  12. Middle Englishbere
  13. Englishbear
  14. English todayrebear

From re- + bear.

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