Etymograph

English

rewasher

From re- + washer.

Formed from re- + washer

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘wet, water’

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Proto-West Germanic *waskan ‘to wash’

Old English wascan ‘to wash’

Middle English wasshen ‘to wash’

Middle English wasshere ‘one who debases coins by using acid to wear…’

English washer

Today it means

verb To fit (a mechanical device) with a new washer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rewasher”. 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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