Etymology

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Today it means: To make into a different shape. Full definition →

English shape ← Middle English schap ← Old English sċeap
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gaskap
  7. Old Englishġesċeap
  8. Proto-Germanic*skēpą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*skāp
  10. Old Englishsċeap
  11. Middle Englishschap
  12. Englishshape
  13. English todayreshape

From re- + shape.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.