Etymology

rematch

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Today it means: A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest. Full definition →

English match ← Middle English macche ← Old English ġemæċċa
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Germanic*makô
  7. Proto-Germanic*gamakô
  8. Proto-Germanic*gamakjô
  9. Proto-West Germanic*gamakkjō
  10. Old Englishġemæċċa
  11. Middle Englishmacche
  12. Englishmatch
  13. English todayrematch

From re- + match.

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