re-
Meaning
- (morpheme) back, backwards
- (morpheme) again
- (morpheme) strongly, intensely
- (colloquial, morpheme) forms absolute superlatives from adjectives
Concepts
Etymology
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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