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Where does “redimer” come from?

redimer (Old French) comes from Latin redimo, from Latin red-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “redimer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinredimoI buy back, repurchase, redeem; I atone for; I...
2Latinred-Primarily ante-vocalic or poetic variant of re-
3Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “redimer”

  • redeem
  • redeemable
  • irredeemable
  • irredeemably
  • unredeemable
  • redeemeth
  • redeemability
  • nonredeemable
  • irredeemability
  • redeemest
  • redeemableness
  • redeemless
  • irredeemableness
  • redemen
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