Etymograph

English

regive

From re- + give.

A compound of re- + give

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give’

Proto-Germanic *gebaną ‘to give’

Proto-West Germanic *geban ‘to give’

Old English ġiefan ‘to give’

Middle English yiven ‘to give’

English give

Today it means

verb To give again that which has been received as a gift.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “regive”. 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.

Etymograph / regive

Shirt and support for this word