Etymology

redo

R1E1D2O1

Today it means: To do again. Full definition →

English do ← Middle English don ← Old English dōn
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  10. Proto-Germanic*dōną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*dōn
  12. Old Englishdōn
  13. Middle Englishdon
  14. Englishdo
  15. English todayredo

From re- + do.

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