Etymology

reinspection

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Today it means: A repeat inspection, especially one carried out after a previous inspection discovered problems Full definition →

English inspection ← 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. Englishinspection
  7. English todayreinspection

From re- + inspection.

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