Etymology

reprise

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Today it means: A recurrence or resumption of an action. Full definition →

Middle English reprise ← Old French reprise ← French reprise
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  1. French · derived fromreprise
  2. Old French · derived fromreprise
  3. Middle English · inherited fromreprise
  4. English todayreprise

From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.