Etymograph

English

rewalk

From re- + walk.

Formed from re- + walk

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll’

Proto-Germanic *walkaną ‘to roll, toss, turn; to walk’

Proto-West Germanic *walkan

Old English wealcan ‘to move around, roll’

Middle English walken ‘to roll, toss; to walk’

English walk

Today it means

verb To walk again, specifically to walk where one has already walked.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rewalk”. 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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