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Etymology of the English word redirect

the English word redirect

using the English prefix re-

derived from the Latin prefix re-

derived from the English word direct

derived from the Latin word directus (person given rights by direct procedure; steep; level; open; straight, not curved; moving straight forward; vertical, upright, perpendicular)

derived from the Latin word dirigere (arrange, set in line, direction; direct , turn; mark, fix; demarcate; point; direct)

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Latin word rigere (be stiff or numb; stand on end; be solidified)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *reig-