Etymograph

English

recontract

From re- + contract.

Formed from re- + contract

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin trahō ‘to draw, to pull’

Latin contrahō ‘to bring together; conclude a bargain’

Latin contractus ‘contract’

Old French contract

English contract

Today it means

verb To contract again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recontract”. 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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