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Replenish

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to fill something up again, restoring it to its former level
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Stage 1 of 3
replere
Latin · ancient
"to fill again"
to fill again, from re- (again) and plere (to fill)
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Stage 2 of 3
replenir
Old French · medieval
"to fill something up again completely"
carried into French for filling something up again completely
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Stage 3 of 3
replenish
English · 1300s
"to fill something up again"
settled as the English word for filling something up again
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