redoubt

redoubt · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromredūcō“to withdraw”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromreductus“refuge”
3. Italian · derived fromridotta
4. French · borrowed fromredoute
5. English todayredoubt

From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge”), from Latin redūcō (“to withdraw”), with spelling influenced by doubt.

redoubt · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromdubitāre“doubt”
2. Old French · derived fromredouter
3. English todayredoubt

From Old French redouter, from Latin dubitāre (“doubt”) prefixed with re-. The b was later added back in this word, and the related doubt and redoubtable, to reflect their Latin source.

redoubt · verb, noun³

1. Proto-Italic*wre-
2. Latinre-
3. Old Frenchre-
4. Middle Englishre-
5. Englishre-
6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
7. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
9. Proto-Italic*du(i)βwos
10. Latin*dubosde
11. Latindubō
12. Latindubitō
13. Old Frenchdoter
14. Middle Englishdouten
15. Old Frenchdoter
16. Old Frenchdoute
17. Middle Englishdoute
18. Englishdubiousinflu.
19. Latindubitōinflu.
20. Englishdoubt
21. English todayredoubt

From re- + doubt.

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