Etymograph

English

refetch

From re- + fetch.

Formed from re- + fetch

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Old English feċċan ‘to fetch, bring’

Middle English fecchen ‘to get and bring back, fetch’

English fetch

Today it means

verb To fetch again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refetch”. 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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