Etymograph

English

reactivate

Reactivate comes from English activate.

  1. English1500–presentactivate
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023reactivate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentactivate
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023reactivate

Earliest quotation: 2023, Ramishah Maruf, Celebrity video site sees a surge of actor sign-ups in the w: “Since the strike began, more than 2,400 performers have…”

A compound of re- + activate

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

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Latin āctīvus ‘active’

Old French actif ‘active’

Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’

English active

English activate

Linked words

through English activate

activation, activator, deactivate, 4 more

Today it means

verb To activate again.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English activate / reactivate

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