Etymology

repin

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Today it means: To pin again. Full definition →

English pin ← Middle English pinne ← Old English pinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Germanic*pinnaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*pinn
  8. Old Englishpinn
  9. Middle Englishpinne
  10. Englishpin
  11. English todayrepin

From re- + pin.

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