Etymograph

English

redrainage

From re- + drainage.

Formed from re- + drainage

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *draugiz ‘hard, solid’

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Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn

Old English drēahnian ‘to drain’

Middle English *dreinen

English drain

English drainage

Today it means

noun The act of draining again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redrainage”. 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 / redrainage