Etymology

rewatch

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Today it means: To watch again. Full definition →

English watch ← Middle English wacchen ← Old English wæċċan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Old Englishwæċċan
  7. Middle Englishwacchen
  8. Englishwatch
  9. English todayrewatch

From re- + watch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.