Etymograph

English

reparent

From re- + parent.

Formed from re- + parent

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin parēns ‘parent’

Latin parentem

Anglo-Norman parent

Middle English parent

English parent

Today it means

verb To subject to early parenting techniques again (such as rocking and feeding) in order to treat an attachment disorder.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reparent”. 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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