Etymology

recast

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Today it means: To cast or throw again. Full definition →

English cast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  7. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  8. Old Norsekasta
  9. Middle Englishcasten
  10. Englishcast
  11. English todayrecast

From re- + cast.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.