Etymology

retar

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Today it means: To provide (a road, etc.) with a new coating of tar. Full definition →

English tar ← Middle English ter ← Old English teoru
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dóru
  7. Proto-Germanic*terwą
  8. Old Englishteoru
  9. Middle Englishter
  10. Englishtar
  11. English todayretar

From re- + tar.

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