Etymology

reinfect

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Today it means: infect again Full definition →

English infect ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishinfect
  7. English todayreinfect

From re- + infect.

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