re-

Signification (English)

1. again, anew
2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
3. back, backward

Concepts

re-

de nouveau

🔁

derechef

encore

répété

ré-

à nouveau

r-

Synonyms

again

🔁

in return

once more

freshly

more

neighbourhood

newly

proximity

re

repeated

twice

ayen

in response

ayein

agyen

againe

anew

counter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹiː/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: re-

In summary

From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- (“back; anew; again; against”), of uncertain origin but conjectured by Watkins to be from Proto-Indo-European *wret-, a metathetic alteration of *wert- (“to turn”). Displaced native English ed-, eft-, a-, with-/wither-, gain-/again-.