reinvestment

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Latin investioder. Middle French investirbor. ▲ Latin investioder. Medieval Latin investirebor. English invest Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English investment English reinvestment From re- + investment.

1. The condition of being reinvested
2. A second or subsequent investment in the same thing