Etymology

resit

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Today it means: To take an examination a second time. Full definition →

English sit ← Middle English sitten ← Old English sittan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sédyeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*sitjaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*sittjan
  10. Old Englishsittan
  11. Middle Englishsitten
  12. Englishsit
  13. English todayresit

From re- + sit.

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