Etymograph

English

redispersion

From re- + dispersion.

Formed from re- + dispersion

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin spargō ‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’

Latin dispergō ‘to scatter (about) or disperse’

Latin dispersiō ‘scattering, dispersion’

Old French dispersion

Middle English dispersioun

English dispersion

Today it means

noun A second or subsequent dispersion; the act of redispersing

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redispersion”. 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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