Etymograph

English

relace

From re- + lace.

A compound of re- + lace

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’

Latin laqueus ‘noose’

Vulgar Latin *laceum

Old French las ‘alas’

Middle English lace

English lace

Today it means

verb To lace again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “relace”. 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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