Etymology

replevy

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Today it means: To return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods. Full definition →

Old French replevir
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromreplevir“recover”
  2. English todayreplevy

Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (probably from a Germanic source which also gave pledge).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchreplevir all →

replevin

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