Etymograph

English

relacquer

From re- + lacquer.

Formed from re- + lacquer

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Sanskrit लाक्षा ‘a species of plant’

Hindi लाख ‘lac’

Persian لاک ‘nail polish’

Portuguese laca ‘lake’

French lacque ‘a sort of sealing wax’

English lacquer

Today it means

verb To lacquer again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “relacquer”. 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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