Etymograph

English

refind

From re- + find.

A compound of re- + find

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to go’

Proto-Germanic *finþaną ‘to find’

Proto-West Germanic *finþan ‘to find’

Old English findan ‘to find’

Middle English finden ‘to find’

English find

Today it means

verb To find something again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refind”. 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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