Etymograph

English

retinker

From re- + tinker.

Formed from re- + tinker

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Middle English tynkere

English tinker

Today it means

verb To tinker again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “retinker”. 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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