Etymograph

English

restep

From re- + step.

Formed from re- + step

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘to support’

Proto-Germanic *stapjaną ‘to step’

Proto-West Germanic *stappjan ‘to step’

Old English steppan ‘to step’

Middle English steppen ‘to step’

English step

Today it means

verb To step (a mast) again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “restep”. 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.

Etymograph / restep