Etymograph

English

relitigate

From re- + litigate.

Formed from re- + litigate

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *slíHtis

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Old Latin stlīs

Latin lis ‘a quarrel’

Latin lītigō ‘dispute, litigate’

Latin lītigātus ‘disputed, quarrelled over, having been disputed’

English litigate

Today it means

verb To litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “relitigate”. 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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