'reuse' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'use', which comes from Latin 'uti', meaning 'to use'.

'reuse' evolved from the Old French word 'reuser', which meant 'to use again', and eventually became the modern English word 'reuse'.

Initially, it meant 'to use again', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.