Etymology

redevelop

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Today it means: To convert a neighbourhood by demolishing old buildings and building new ones, or by renovating existing ones. Full definition →

English develop ← French développer ← Middle French desveloper
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Old Frenchdes-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werb-
  13. Proto-Germanic*wrappan-
  14. Vulgar Latin*vlopp-
  15. Old Frenchveloper
  16. Middle Frenchdesveloper
  17. Frenchdévelopper
  18. Englishdevelop
  19. English todayredevelop

From re- + develop.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.