Where does “refit” come from?
Refit comes from English re- plus fit, where fit derives from Old English fitt, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to turn or bend.
refit (English): The process of having something fitted again,...
Definitions
- The process of having something fitted again,...
Ancestry of “refit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 2 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 3 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “refit”