Etymograph

English

redust

From re- + dust.

Formed from re- + dust

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘to smoke, raise dust’

Proto-Germanic *dustą ‘dust’

Old English dūst ‘dust’

Middle English dust ‘dust’

English dust

Today it means

verb To dust again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “redust”. 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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