English

refret

From re- + fret.

Formed from re- + fret

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’

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Proto-Germanic *fraetaną ‘to consume, devour, eat up’

Proto-West Germanic *fraetan ‘to devour, eat up, consume’

Old English fretan ‘to eat up, devour’

Middle English frēten ‘to eat (at), corrode, destroy, annoy’

English fret

Today it means

verb To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).

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