Etymology

rewind

re·wind
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Today it means: To wind (something) again. Full definition →

English wind ← Middle English wynden ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Middle Englishwynden
  7. Englishwind
  8. English todayrewind

From re- + wind.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.