Etymology

rework

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Today it means: The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding. Full definition →

English work ← 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. Englishwork
  7. English todayrework

From re- + work.

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