myEtymology.com: French etymology of redimer

Etymology of the French word redimer

the Old French word redimer

derived from the Latin word redimere (buy back, recover, replace by purchase; redeem; atone for; ransom)

using the Latin prefix red-

derived from the Latin word emere (buy; gain, acquire)

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

English redeem

Word found in Old French