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Default Jan 03, 2021 at 04:38 PM
 
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Originally Posted by unaluna View Post
Its not that ANY such relationship is reparenting. But when it is a repairing relationship with a t, i think it is reasonable to call it reparenting, if that is what it is repairing. And look at the word repair - what is the etymology of that?
Re + parare, to put in order again.

Reparent would be re + parere, to give birth to again.
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