Etymograph

English

reenforce

From re- + enforce.

A compound of re- + enforce

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise, high, hill’

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Late Latin fortis ‘strong’

Late Latin infortiāre

Old French enforcier ‘to fortify’

Middle English enforcen

English enforce

Today it means

verb —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reenforce”. 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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