Etymograph

English

resynthesis

From re- + synthesis.

Formed from re- + synthesis

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’

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Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘set, place’

Ancient Greek συντίθημι ‘put together, combine’

Ancient Greek σύνθεσις ‘a putting together’

Latin synthesis ‘a collection or reunion of many objects of…’

English synthesis

Today it means

noun A second or subsequent synthesis, especially one using components that were originally combined

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resynthesis”. 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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