Etymograph

English

redevote

From re- + devote.

Formed from re- + devote

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- ‘to promise, to vow’

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Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō ‘to vow, promise’

Latin voveō ‘vow, promise’

Latin dēvoveō ‘dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise…’

Latin dēvōtus ‘vowed, promised, dedicated, having been…’

English devote

Today it means

verb To devote again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redevote”. 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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