Etymograph

English

redefend

From re- + defend.

Formed from re- + defend

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike’

Proto-Italic *fendō

Latin dēfendō ‘to ward off’

Old French defendre

Middle English defenden

English defend

Today it means

verb To defend again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redefend”. 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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