Etymology

reentrancy

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Today it means: The state or condition of being reentrant. Full definition →

English reentrant ← 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. Englishentrant
  7. Englishreentrant
  8. English todayreentrancy

From reentrant + -cy.

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