Etymology

remate

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Today it means: To mate again, usually with another partner Full definition →

English mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-
  10. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  11. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  12. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  13. Old Saxongimato
  14. Middle Low Germanmate
  15. Middle Englishmate
  16. Englishmate
  17. English todayremate

From re- + mate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.