Etymology

reuptake

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Today it means: A second or subsequent uptake. Full definition →

English uptake ← 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. Englishuptake
  7. English todayreuptake

From re- + uptake.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.