English

resow

From re- + sow.

A compound of re- + sow

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *sugō

Proto-West Germanic *sugu ‘sow (female pig)’

Old English sugu ‘sow (female pig)’

Middle English sowe ‘a sow’

English sow

Today it means

verb To sow again, to plant seed where it has already been planted.

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