Etymograph

English

rebraid

From re- + braid.

Formed from re- + braid

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-

Proto-Germanic *bregdaną ‘to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch,…’

Proto-West Germanic *bregdan ‘to move back and forth’

Old English breġdan ‘to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw…’

Middle English braiden

English braid

Today it means

verb To braid again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rebraid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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