Etymology

rethink

re·think
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Today it means: To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it. Full definition →

English think ← Middle English thinken ← Old English þenċan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*teng-
  7. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*þankijan
  9. Old Englishþenċan
  10. Middle Englishthinken
  11. Englishthink
  12. English todayrethink

From re- + think.

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