Etymology

resubscribe

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Today it means: To subscribe again or renew a subscription. Full definition →

English subscribe ← Middle English subscriben ← Latin subscrībere
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  7. Proto-Italic*supo
  8. Latinsub
  9. Latinsub-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  13. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  14. Latinscrībō
  15. Latinsubscrībere
  16. Middle Englishsubscriben
  17. Englishsubscribe
  18. English todayresubscribe

From re- + subscribe.

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