Etymology

reratify

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Today it means: To ratify again. Full definition →

English ratify ← Middle English ratifien ← Old French ratifier
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂reh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*rēōr
  9. Latinreor
  10. Latinratus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Italic*θakos
  13. Medieval Latinratifico
  14. Old Frenchratifier
  15. Middle Englishratifien
  16. Englishratify
  17. English todayreratify

From re- + ratify.

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