Etymology

rebury

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Today it means: To bury again. Full definition →

English bury ← Middle English birien ← Old English byrġan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*burgijaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*burgijan
  9. Old Englishbyrġan
  10. Middle Englishbirien
  11. Englishbury
  12. English todayrebury

From re- + bury.

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