Etymograph

English

reroot

From re- + root.

Formed from re- + root

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘root’

Old Norse rót ‘root’

Old English rōt ‘root’

Middle English rote ‘underground part of a plant’

English root

Today it means

verb To root again, or in a new place in a better way.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reroot”. 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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