English

reconquer

Reconquer comes from Middle French reconquerir ‘to reconquer’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

Formed from re- + conquer

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin quaerō ‘to seek, acquire’

Late Latin conquaerere ‘to knock, strike’

Old French conquerre ‘to conquer’

Middle English conqueren ‘to conquer or subjugate (territory)’

Every English word from Middle French reconquerir

verb To conquer again.

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