Etymology

repristinate

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Today it means: To restore something to an older or original state. Full definition →

English pristine ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishpristine
  7. English todayrepristinate

From re- + pristine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.