Etymograph

English

rewipe

From re- + wipe.

Formed from re- + wipe

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *weyp- ‘to twist, wind around’

Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn ‘to wipe’

Old English wīpian ‘to wipe, rub, cleanse’

Middle English wipen ‘to wipe dirt or other substances away from a…’

English wipe

Today it means

verb To wipe again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rewipe”. 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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