Etymology

reconduction

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Today it means: Repeat undertaking or restoration. Full definition →

Middle French reconduction ← Medieval Latin recondūctiō
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromrecondūctiō
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromreconduction
  3. English todayreconduction

From reconduct + -ion. Borrowed from Middle French reconduction in the “repeat lease” sense, itself from Medieval Latin recondūctiō from recondūcere already used by classical Roman jurisprudence.

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