- refresh (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French refrescher (12c.; Modern French rafraîchir), from re- "again" (see re-) + fresche "fresh" (Modern French frais), from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German frisc "fresh," see fresh (adj.)). Related: Refreshed; refreshing. Mental or spiritual sense of refreshing is attested from 1690s.