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re-

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (morpheme) back, backwards
  2. (morpheme) again
  3. (morpheme) strongly, intensely
  4. (colloquial, morpheme) forms absolute superlatives from adjectives

Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Latin re-. The use with adjectives is typical of Ibero-Romance. Compare Italian stra- (from Latin extra-), French très (from Latin trans-; now spelt separate, but formerly also a prefix).

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