Etymology

resensitize

R1E1S1E1N1S1I1T1I1Z10E1

Today it means: To sensitize again (especially following desensitization) Full definition →

English sensitize ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsensitize
  7. English todayresensitize

From re- + sensitize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.