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relayEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *logʰéyeti Proto-Germanic *lagjaną Proto-West Germanic *laggjan Old English leċġan Middle English leyen English lay English relay From re- + lay.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- RelayEnglish · e-38699-5798
Relay, rē-lā′, n. a supply of horses, &c., to relieve others on a journey: a fresh set of dogs in hunting: a shift of men: a supplementary store of anything: (electr.) an apparatus by which the current of the receiving t
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Relay, rē-lā′, v.t. to lay again, as a pavement.
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