English

recopulate

From re- + copulate.

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin apiō ‘to join’

Latin cōpula ‘a tie, binding’

Latin cōpulō ‘to couple, join, connect’

Latin cōpulātus ‘united, joined, coupled’

Today it means

verb To copulate again.

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

Etymograph / recopulate