English

recontinue

From re- + continue.

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch’

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Latin continuus ‘continuous’

Latin continuō ‘to join, continue’

Old French continuer

Middle English continuen

Today it means

verb To continue again, especially after a pause.

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

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