Formed from re- + shut
Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to drive’
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Proto-Germanic *skutjaną
Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan ‘to shut’
Old English sċyttan ‘to cause rapid movement’
Middle English schitten ‘to bring something into a closed position’
English shut
Another origin of reshut
- Hebrew1880s–presentרְשׁוּת‘permission, authorization’
- Englishtodayreshut
Today it means
verb To shut again.
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