Etymology

reinjure

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Today it means: To injure a body part which has already been injured. Full definition →

English injure ← 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. Englishinjure
  7. English todayreinjure

From re- + injure.

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