Etymology

redevelopment

R1E1D2E1V4E1L1O1P3M3E1N1T1

Today it means: The process of developing something anew. Full definition →

English development ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdevelopment
  7. English todayredevelopment

From re- + development.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.