Etymograph

English

redial

From re- + dial.

A compound of re- + dial

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *dyew- ‘sky, heaven’

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Latin diēs ‘day’

Latin diālis ‘daily, concerning the day’

Middle French dyal

Middle English diall ‘a pointer on a dial’

English dial

Today it means

verb To dial again

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redial”. 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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