English

return

/ɹɪˈtɜːn/
To come or go back (to a place or person).

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    Origin

    From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn. Displaced native Old English eftċierran, literally "eft-char".

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    Lineage

    • rootProto-Indo-European*terh₁- “to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishreturnen
      • derivedAnglo-Normanreturner
        • derivedOld Frenchretourner
          • derivedMedieval Latinretornare “to turn back”
    • surface analysisEnglishre- “again, anew”
    • surface analysisEnglishturn “To move about an axis through itself.”

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