Etymograph

English

respot

From re- + spot.

A compound of re- + spot

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Middle Dutch spotte ‘spot’

Middle English spot

English spot

Today it means

verb To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “respot”. 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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