Etymograph

English

refry

From re- + fry.

A compound of re- + fry

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin frīgō ‘to roast, fry’

Old French frire

Middle English fryen ‘to fry’

English fry

Today it means

verb To fry again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refry”. 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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