Etymology

rehear

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Today it means: To hear again. Full definition →

English hear ← Middle English heren ← Old English hīeran
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  9. Proto-Germanic*hauzijaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*hauʀijan
  11. Old Englishhīeran
  12. Middle Englishheren
  13. Englishhear
  14. English todayrehear

From re- + hear.

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