Etymology: < Anglo-Norman repeir, repeire, Anglo-Norman and Middle French repaire, repair, repere (French repaire ) return, return home, place one returns to, residence, home, abode (c1100 in Old French), meeting (12th cent.), place (13th cent.), visit, visiting, frequenting (13th cent.), place of refuge, refuge (14th cent.) < repairer , repairier , etc. repair v.¹ Compare post-classical Latin repairium, reparium, reperium harbour, haunt, resort (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources), Old Occitan repaire.

Etymology: < repair v.² Compare earlier reparation n. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Compare also repairing n.¹, repairment n.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman repeirer, reparier, repairir, etc., Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French repairier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French repairer, reparer, Middle French reperer (French †repairer ) to return, go back, to go home, to head for, to go, to arrive, (of memory, strength, etc.) to return (also reflexive; end of the 11th cent.; also c1100 as repadrer ), to dwell, reside, stay, to frequent (12th cent.) < post-classical Latin repatriare to return to one's country (see repatriate v.). Compare post-classical Latin repariare to resort (1275 in a British source), Old Occitan repairar.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reparer, Middle French (rare) repairer (modern French réparer ) to restore (something damaged) to good or proper condition, to make good, put right (12th cent. in Old French), (of a sick person) to recover (a1365), to make good, make up for (the consequences of an action, etc.) (1369), to compensate (someone for something) (1398) and its etymon classical Latin reparāre to get back, restore, to recreate, reconstruct, renew, to revive, to reinvigorate, in post-classical Latin also to regenerate, renew (3rd cent.), to mend (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources) < re- re- prefix + parāre to make ready, put in order (see pare v.¹). In sense 4a (and perhaps also in sense 1d) probably after Middle French, French reparer to adorn, decorate, enhance (a1389), which is probably < re- re- prefix + parer pare v.¹, and thus a different formation from réparer , as shown by the differing vowel in the prefix in later use (although it is difficult to be certain of this in the case of earlier examples in Middle French). Compare Old Occitan reparar , Catalan reparar (14th cent.), Spanish reparar (13th cent.), Portuguese reparar (1364), Italian riparare (a1320). Compare prepare v.