Etymograph

English

resocket

From re- + socket.

Formed from re- + socket

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to give birth’

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Vulgar Latin *soccus ‘soccus, a kind of slipper particularly worn…’

Old French soc ‘plowshare’

Anglo-Norman soket ‘spearhead’

Middle English socket

English socket

Today it means

verb To socket again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resocket”. 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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