English
redound
Redound comes from Latin redundō ‘to overflow, abound, redound’, from undō ‘surge’, and ultimately from unda ‘a wave’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEunda1‘a wave’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEundō1‘surge’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEredundō1‘to overflow, abound, redound’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400redunder1
- Englishearliest quotation 1596redound1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English redound
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Book IV, Canto X: “For every dram of hony therein found / A…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEundaWiktionary, English redound‘a wave’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEundōWiktionary, English redound‘surge’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEredundōWiktionary, English redound‘to overflow, abound, redound’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400redunderWiktionary, English redound
- Englishearliest quotation 1596redoundWiktionary, English redound. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Book IV, Canto X: “For every dram of hony therein found / A…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
water, wet, wash, vodka, hydro, otter, hydrate, vitriol, hydride, aldehyde, vitreous, vedra, 43 more
through Latin unda ‘a wave’
through Latin undō ‘surge’
abundance, abundant, surround, undated, inundation, inundate, 2 more
through Latin redundō ‘to overflow, abound, redound’
Today it means
verb To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “redound”. 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.
Etymograph / Latin unda / redound