Etymograph

English

rescreen

From re- + screen.

Formed from re- + screen

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

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Old Dutch skirm

Middle Dutch scherm

Anglo-Norman escren ‘firescreen’

Middle English scren

English screen

Today it means

verb To screen again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rescreen”. 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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