Etymology

reread

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Today it means: To read again. Full definition →

English read ← Middle English reden ← Old English rǣdan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Old Englishrǣdan
  7. Middle Englishreden
  8. Englishread
  9. English todayreread

From re- + read.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.