re-

Latin

prefix
Definitions
  • back, backwards
  • again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Italic *wre (again) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out), *ure- (back).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ure-

Gloss

back

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

後, 背

Emoji

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