Thursday, June 18, 2020

Stations and Places


Which one applies to "stations and places?"

1. repair (v.1)
"to mend, put back in order," mid-14c., from Old French reparer "repair, mend" (12c.), from Latin reparare "restore, put back in order," from re- "again" (see re-) + parare "make ready, prepare."

2. repair (v.2)
"go" (to a place), c 1300, from Old French repairer "to frequent, return (to one's country)," earlier repadrer from Late Latin repatriare "return to one's own country" (see repatriate) Related: Repaired; repairing.

3. repair (n.)
1590s "act of restoring, restoration after decay," from repair (v1).  Meaning "state or condition in respect to reparation" is from c. 1600

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