Etymology

regreen

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Today it means: To make green again (especially urban developments or ripened fruit). Full definition →

English green ← Middle English grene ← Old English grēne
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Germanic*grōniz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
  8. Old Englishgrēne
  9. Middle Englishgrene
  10. Englishgreen
  11. English todayregreen

From re- + green.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.