Etymology

reprivatize

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Today it means: To make something private again. Full definition →

English privatize ← Middle English privat(e) ← Latin prīvātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  7. Proto-Italic*prei
  8. Proto-Italic*preiwos
  9. Latinprīvus
  10. Latinprīvō
  11. Latinprīvātus
  12. Middle Englishprivat(e)
  13. Englishprivate
  14. Englishprivatize
  15. English todayreprivatize

From re- + privatize.

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