Etymology

reinvestigation

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Today it means: An act or process of reinvestigating: a repeat of an earlier investigation Full definition →

English investigation ← Middle English investigacioun ← 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 Englishinvestigacioun
  7. Englishinvestigation
  8. English todayreinvestigation

From re- + investigation.

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