Etymology

reimposition

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Today it means: The act of reimposing; the act of imposing something again. Full definition →

English imposition ← Middle English imposicioun ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Middle Englishimposicioun
  7. Englishimposition
  8. English todayreimposition

From re- + imposition.

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