Etymograph

English

respread

From re- + spread.

Formed from re- + spread

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *sprīþaną ‘to break up, become scattered’

Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną ‘to spread’

Proto-West Germanic *spraidijan

Old English sprǣdan ‘to spread, expand’

Middle English spreden ‘to spread’

English spread

Today it means

verb To spread again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “respread”. 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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