'redeposition' originates from Latin, specifically the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'depositio' (from 'deponere'), where 'de-' meant 'down/off' and 'ponere' meant 'to place'.

'deponere' in Latin gave rise to Old French and Medieval Latin forms such as 'depositio'/'deposicioun', which entered Middle English as 'deposition'; the modern English 'redeposition' was formed by adding the prefix 're-' to 'deposition'.

Initially related to the idea 'to place down' (from Latin), the term evolved to denote specifically the act or process of depositing again or secondary deposition in contexts like geology.