Etymology

rebind

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Today it means: To bind again. Full definition →

English bind ← Middle English bynden ← Old English bindan
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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-West Germanic*bindan
  9. Old Englishbindan
  10. Middle Englishbynden
  11. Englishbind
  12. English todayrebind

From re- + bind.

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