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English word origin

Etymology of rerun

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English run English rerun From re- + run.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition. · A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat. · Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc. · A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.

verb

To run again; to repeat. · To broadcast (a television program etc.) again. · To be broadcast again. · To run (a race or other contest) again.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English run English rerun From re- + run.

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