Etymology

rebend

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Today it means: To bend again. Full definition →

English bend ← Middle English benden ← Old English bendan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*bindaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*bandijaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*bandijan
  10. Old Englishbendan
  11. Middle Englishbenden
  12. Englishbend
  13. English todayrebend

From re- + bend.

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