English
reargument
Reargument comes from Anglo-Norman arguement, from Latin argūmentum ‘argument’, and ultimately from arguō ‘to clarify, to make plain’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarguō‘to clarify, to make plain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEargūmentum‘argument’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400arguement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500argument
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1976reargument
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarguō‘to clarify, to make plain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEargūmentum‘argument’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400arguement
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500argument
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1976reargument
Earliest quotation: 1976, Neil Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Upholds State Sodomy Laws: “Voeller asserted that the National Gay Task Force, which…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- ‘white, shining’
through Latin arguō ‘to clarify, to make plain’
through Latin argūmentum ‘argument’
Today it means
noun The arguing of a legal case again.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin arguō / reargument