Resplit

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Divided a second time along the same line or into new parts after an earlier division
2. Broke apart again into separate pieces, dividing something that had already been divided
3. Cut or separated once more, especially something that had been split into parts previously

Etymology: "Resplit" is simple in structure: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "split". Its meaning follows directly from that combination, so it describes splitting something a second time, or dividing again something already divided. The base word "split" has its own history, probably of Middle Low German or Low German origin, entering English in the Middle English period with the sense of cleaving or breaking apart. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin and has been productive in English for centuries, attaching freely to verbs to signal repetition, and "resplit" is a transparent example of that pattern.