remise

noun

(fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles

an expensive or high-class hackney

Roots

rere- · Latin · back mitteremise- · Latin · to send, put

Words related to remise

quitclaimn passadon hackneyn copyholdn passade feoffmentn cessionn sixte fencingsn puncto jointuress undeeded acquittancen quarte seconde messuagen reconveyancen

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Where does remise come from?

The word remise breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and mise, from Latin mittere (“to send, put”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.