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Where does “redux” come from?

redux (English) comes from Latin redux, from Latin redūcō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre-.

redux (English): Redone, restored, brought back, or revisited

Definitions

  1. Redone, restored, brought back, or revisited

Ancestry of “redux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreduxthat leads brings back, that returns; that is...
2Latinredūcō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Proto-Italic*wre-—
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