Etymograph

English

recomb

From re- + comb.

Formed from re- + comb

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- ‘to bite, chomp’

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Proto-Germanic *kambaz

Proto-West Germanic *kamb

Old English camb

Middle English comb ‘a comb’

English comb

Today it means

verb To comb again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recomb”. 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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