Etymology

redispose

R1E1D2I1S1P3O1S1E1

Today it means: To dispose again; to sell on. Full definition →

English dispose ← French disposer ← Middle English re-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Frenchdisposer
  7. Englishdispose
  8. English todayredispose

From re- + dispose.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.