"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" (from PIE root *pere- (1) "to produce, procure"). Related: Repaired; repairing.
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.
repair (n.)
1590s, "act of restoring, restoration after decay," from repair (v.1). Meaning "state or condition in respect to reparation" is from c. 1600.
She repaired her TV set
One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
He repaired to his cabin in the woods
repair an oversight
This treatment repaired my health
the building was in good repair
reorient
reorientation
reovirus
rep
repaint
repair
repairable
reparable
reparation
repart
repartee
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