Etymology

replay

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Today it means: To play again. Full definition →

English play ← Middle English pleye ← Old English plega
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*plehan
  7. Old Englishpleġan
  8. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*plegōn
  10. Old Englishplegian
  11. Middle Englishpleyen
  12. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  13. Old Englishplega
  14. Middle Englishpleye
  15. Englishplay
  16. English todayreplay

From re- + play.

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