Etymograph

English

replank

From re- + plank.

Formed from re- + plank

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ ‘line of battle, battle-array’

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Vulgar Latin palanca ‘slat, plank or stake’

Vulgar Latin planca ‘slat, plank’

Old French planke

Middle English plank

English plank

Today it means

verb To replace the planks of.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “replank”. 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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