Etymology

relicense

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Today it means: To issue a renewed license Full definition →

English license ← 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. Englishlicense
  7. English todayrelicense

From re- + license.

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