name
Meaning 1
A surname from Italian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Meaning 2
A reinforcement (additional soldiers).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, World-War-I, informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A re-entry (climbing a wave and then returning down its face).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
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noun
Meaning 4
Steel used to reinforce concrete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal, uncountable
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of real estate owned (“property owned by a lender”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Reo.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inforce English reinforce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English re(inforcement) English -o English reo From re(inforcement) + -o.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English entry English re(-entry) English -o English reo From re(-entry) + -o.
From re(inforcing) + -o.