Other forms: rebirths
A rebirth is a new beginning after something had ended. The rebirth of the city, a spiritual rebirth, a rebirth of interest.
It claims more than a recovery: a rebirth means the thing starts again as something new, which is why it suits cities, movements and beliefs. The Renaissance is the same word in French. In religion it names conversion. Note that the compound is re- plus birth and is straightforward.
1nounrebirthA new beginning after something had ended.
“The closing of the mines was followed by a rebirth of the town as a centre for artists.”
rebirth is a new beginning.
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰer-
Middle English
birthe
English
birth
English, today
rebirth
Built from
From re- + birth. birth comes from Middle English birthe. From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (gmq-osw byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ġebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear + -th (thus a berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ġebyrd is from prefixed gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European bʰértis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA