English

respool

From re- + spool.

Formed from re- + spool

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- ‘to cleave, split’

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Old Dutch *spōla

Middle Dutch spoele

Old Northern French spole

Middle English spole ‘a bobbin or spool (for weaving)’

English spool

Today it means

verb To wind back onto a spool.

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