Etymograph

English

reedify

From re- + edify: compare French réédifier, Latin reaedificare.

Formed from re- + edify

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- ‘to ignite’

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Proto-Italic *aiðes

Latin aedis ‘building’

Latin aedificō ‘build’

Old French edifier ‘to build, to edify’

English edify

Today it means

verb To edify anew; to build again after destruction.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reedify”. 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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