Etymograph

English

recompilation

From re- + compilation.

Formed from re- + compilation

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Italic *peilā ‘pillar’

Proto-Italic *peilāō ‘to make like a pillar’

Latin pīlō ‘ram down’

Latin compīlō ‘snatch together, carry off’

Latin compilatio ‘a raking together, a plundering, a collection…’

English compilation

Today it means

noun The act or process of recompiling.

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

Etymograph / recompilation