Etymology

reset

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Today it means: To set back to the initial state. Full definition →

Middle Scots resett ← Early Scots reset ← Anglo-Norman recet
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reset · verb, noun1

From re- + set.

reset · noun, verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromreceptus
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrecet
  3. Early Scots · derived fromreset
  4. Middle Scots · borrowed fromresett
  5. English todayreset

Borrowed from Middle Scots resett, from Early Scots reset, from Anglo-Norman recet (noun), recetter (verb), from Latin receptus (noun), receptāre (verb). Compare receipt.

Reset · noun3

From reset.

Words from the same roots

Latinreceptus all →

receiptreceptive

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