Etymograph

English

restaple

From re- + staple.

Formed from re- + staple

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘post, stem’

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Frankish *stapul

Late Latin stapula

Anglo-Norman estaple

Middle English staple

English staple

Today it means

verb To staple again or anew.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “restaple”. 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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