Etymology

reboot

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Today it means: An instance of rebooting. Full definition →

English boot ← Middle English bote ← Old French bote
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  8. Frankish*bautander.?
  9. Old Frenchbote
  10. Middle Englishbote
  11. Englishboot
  12. English todayreboot

From re- + boot.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.