Etymology

rehappen

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Today it means: To happen again Full definition →

English happen ← Middle English happenen ← Old English hæppander.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kob-
  7. Proto-Germanic*hampą
  8. Proto-Germanic*hampijaną
  9. Old Norse*happader.?
  10. Proto-Germanic*hampijaną
  11. Old Norse*heppader.?
  12. Old Englishhæppander.?
  13. Middle Englishhappen
  14. Middle Englishhappenen
  15. Englishhappen
  16. English todayrehappen

From re- + happen.

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