Etymograph

English

reloan

From re- + loan.

Formed from re- + loan

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *laihną ‘that which is lent’

Old Norse lán

Middle English lone

English loan

Today it means

noun A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reloan”. 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 / reloan