Etymograph

English

redefection

From re- + defection.

Formed from re- + defection

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’

Latin facio ‘to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect’

Latin dēficiō ‘to move away, leave, withdraw, break away’

Latin dēfectiō ‘defection, desertion’

English defection

Today it means

noun A second or subsequent defection.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redefection”. 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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