Etymology

reclassification

Today it means: The act of reclassifying; a second or subsequent classification. Full definition →

English classification ← French classification ← Proto-Italic *θakos
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  7. Proto-Italic*klāssis
  8. Latinclassi
  9. Frenchclasse
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Proto-Italic*θakos
  12. Frenchclassifier
  13. Frenchclassification
  14. Englishclassification
  15. English todayreclassification

From re- + classification.

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