Etymograph

English

resample

From re- + sample.

A compound of re- + sample

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin eximō ‘to take out’

Latin exemplum ‘a sample’

Old French essample ‘example’

Middle English saumple ‘exemplar’

English sample

Today it means

verb To sample again; to repeat sampling

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resample”. 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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