'replant' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'plant' from Old English 'plante', which meant 'a young tree or shrub'.

'plante' transformed into the Middle English word 'planten', and eventually became the modern English word 'plant'.

Initially, it meant 'to place a seed or plant in the ground', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.