Etymology

retile

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Today it means: To tile again; to replace with new tiles Full definition →

English tile ← Middle English tile ← Old English tiġele
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  7. Latintēgula
  8. Proto-Germanic*tigulǭ
  9. Proto-West Germanic*tigulā
  10. Old Englishtiġele
  11. Middle Englishtile
  12. Englishtile
  13. English todayretile

From re- + tile.

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