English

retumble

From re- + tumble.

Formed from re- + tumble

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *tūmōną ‘to rotate’

Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn

Old English tumbian ‘to tumble’

Middle English tumben ‘to fall, leap, dance’

Middle English tumblen ‘to fall over and over again, tumble’

Today it means

verb To tumble again.

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

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