Where does “recharge” come from?
Recharge comes from Old French rechargier, formed with the prefix re- from Latin re- and the root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
recharge (English): To charge an electric battery after its power has...
Definitions
- To charge an electric battery after its power has...
Ancestry of “recharge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | rechargier | — |
| 2 | Old French | chargier | to load; to lade |
| 3 | Late Latin | carrico | — |
| 4 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 5 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
Words derived from “recharge”