Etymology

reroll

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Today it means: To roll, or roll out, again. Full definition →

English roll ← Middle English rollen ← Old French roeler
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*Hreth₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*Hróth₂eh₂
  8. Proto-Italic*rotā
  9. Latinrota
  10. Latinrotula
  11. Latinrotulāre
  12. Old Frenchroeler
  13. Middle Englishrollen
  14. Englishroll
  15. English todayreroll

From re- + roll.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.