Etymograph

English

relime

From re- + lime.

Formed from re- + lime

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’

Proto-Germanic *līmaz ‘glue, lime’

Proto-West Germanic *līm ‘glue’

Old English līm ‘glue’

Middle English lyme ‘organ, body part’

English lime

Today it means

verb To treat with lime again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “relime”. 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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