'redistributive' originates from the Latin word 'redistribuere,' where 're-' meant 'again' and 'distribuere' meant 'to distribute.'

'redistribuere' transformed into the French word 'redistribuer,' and eventually became the modern English word 'redistribute' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to distribute again,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'relating to the distribution of something in a different way.'