Etymograph

English

resift

From re- + sift.

Formed from re- + sift

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-West Germanic *siftijan ‘to sift’

Old English siftan ‘to sift’

Middle English syften ‘to sift, strain, or percolate’

English sift

Today it means

verb To sift again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resift”. 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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