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Where does “reappointment” come from?

Reappointment comes from Middle French apointement, Old French re-, Latin re- (again), and Proto-Indo-European wer- (to turn or bend).

reappointment (English): An act of reappointing

Definitions

  1. An act of reappointing

Ancestry of “reappointment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappointmentThe act of appointing a person to hold an office...
2EnglishappointTo set, fix or determine by authority or...
3Middle Englishapointen—
4Old Frenchapointierto prepare; to equip; to treat
5Old Frenchpointier—
6Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
7Latinpūnctum—
8Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus—
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “reappointment”

  • nonreappointment
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