Etymology

reconvert

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Today it means: To convert again, convert back. Full definition →

English convert ← Middle English converten ← Old French convertir
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latinconvertō
  7. Old Frenchconvertir
  8. Middle Englishconverten
  9. Englishconvert
  10. English todayreconvert

From re- + convert.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.