http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/redoubtable/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/redoubtable/comment-page-1/#comment-42422 john van sickle Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:25 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6135#comment-42422 bravo Brian for reducing 'redoubt' to 'reductus': ah, etymology's traps bravo Brian for reducing ‘redoubt’ to ‘reductus’: ah, etymology’s traps

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/redoubtable/comment-page-1/#comment-30953 Brian C. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:21:58 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6135#comment-30953 The noun "redoubt" is etymologically unrelated to "doubt" and "redoubtable". Here's its etymology: c.1600, from Fr. redoute, from It. ridotto "place of retreat," from M.L. reductus "place of refuge, retreat," from L. reduct-, pp. stem of reducere "to lead or bring back" (see reduce). The -b- was added by influence of unrelated English doubt. The noun “redoubt” is etymologically unrelated to “doubt” and “redoubtable”. Here’s its etymology: c.1600, from Fr. redoute, from It. ridotto “place of retreat,” from M.L. reductus “place of refuge, retreat,” from L. reduct-, pp. stem of reducere “to lead or bring back” (see reduce). The -b- was added by influence of unrelated English doubt.

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