revert

What it means

1. One who, or that which, reverts.
2. lifestyleOne who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.

   [...] Cyril III ibn Laqlaq’s correspondence which reflects genuine—if intentionally vague—concern for the secretive community of Christian converts and reverts [who had converted to Islam before].

   2010, Kurt J. Werthmuller, Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt: 1218-1250, page 77

3. ideologically loaded; due to the belief that all people are born Muslim; ideologically loaded; due to the belief that all people are born MuslimIslamA convert to Islam.

   Parents should not reject a proposal without good reason — and being a revert with a past is not an acceptable one.

   2001, Islamic Society of North America, Islamic horizons

   1 more example

   Zeba Siddiqui, herself a revert and editor of the Parent's Manual: A Guide for Muslim Parents Living in North America, contributed to this book as a consultant.

   1997, Islamic Society of North America, Islamic horizons, page 27

In a sentence

[...] Cyril III ibn Laqlaq’s correspondence which reflects genuine—if intentionally vague—concern for the secretive community of Christian converts and reverts [who had converted to Islam before].

2010, Kurt J. Werthmuller, Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt: 1218-1250, page 77

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Italic*wre-
2. Latinre-
3. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
4. Proto-Indo-European*wértetor
5. Proto-Italic*wertō
6. Latinvertō
7. Latinrevertor
8. Old Frenchrevertir
9. Englishrevert

From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.