Etymology

rethatch

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Today it means: To thatch again, especially something that has previously been thatched. Full definition →

English thatch ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishthatch
  7. English todayrethatch

From re- + thatch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.