Etymograph

English

refire

From re- + fire.

Formed from re- + fire

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Today it means

verb To fire again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refire”. 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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