Etymology

rebuy

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Today it means: To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned) Full definition →

English buy ← Middle English byen ← Old English bycġan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*bugjaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*buggjan
  9. Old Englishbycġan
  10. Middle Englishbyen
  11. Englishbuy
  12. English todayrebuy

From re- + buy.

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