Where does “recompense” come from?

recompense (Middle English) comes from Old French recompense, from Old French recompenser.

Ancestry of “recompense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrecompenserecompense; compensation
2Old Frenchrecompenser

Words derived from “recompense

Every word from Old French recompenserEvery word from Old French recompense