Etymology

reraise

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Today it means: A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet. Full definition →

English raise ← 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. Englishraise
  7. English todayreraise

From re- + raise.

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