Etymograph

English

regift

From re- + gift.

A compound of re- + gift

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give; to take’

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Proto-Germanic *giftiz ‘giving, gift’

Proto-West Germanic *gifti

Old English ġift ‘marriage payment, dowry’

Middle English yifte

English gift

Today it means

verb To give something as a gift which the giver previously received as a gift; to give to a person something previously received as a gift.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “regift”. 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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