'recommit' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'commit' from Latin 'committere', where 'com-' meant 'together' and 'mittere' meant 'to send'.

'committere' transformed into the Old French word 'commettre', and eventually became the modern English word 'commit'. The prefix 're-' was added to form 'recommit'.

Initially, it meant 'to send together again', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to commit again or anew'.