Etymology

refind

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Today it means: To find something again. Full definition →

English find ← Middle English fynden ← Old English findan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pent-
  7. Proto-Germanic*finþaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*finþan
  9. Old Englishfindan
  10. Middle Englishfynden
  11. Englishfind
  12. English todayrefind

From re- + find.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.