Etymograph

English

redrain

From re- + drain.

Formed from re- + drain

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *draugiz ‘hard, solid’

Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną

Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn

Old English drēahnian ‘to drain’

Middle English *dreinen

English drain

Today it means

verb To drain again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redrain”. 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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