Etymology

reuse

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Today it means: The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable. Full definition →

English use ← 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. Englishuse
  7. English todayreuse

From re- + use.

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