Etymograph

English

reraise

From re- + raise.

A compound of re- + raise

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’

Proto-Germanic *raisijaną ‘to raise’

Old Norse reisa ‘to raise’

Middle English reysen ‘to cause to stand up’

English raise

Today it means

noun A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

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

Etymograph / reraise