Etymology

reeducate

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Today it means: To educate or teach again, especially in order to remove bad practices. Full definition →

English educate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

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

From re- + educate.

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