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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- guardrail English
- invert English
- lustrum English
- perverse English
- re- English
- refrain English
- retroussé English
- revere English
- revert English
- revigorate English
- vertebra English
- wary English
- *recaptāre Latin
- *refrangere Latin
- *reiterāre Latin
- *repoenitere Latin
- *resaliō Latin
- -īscō Latin
- adversus Latin
- advertentia Latin
- advertō Latin
- convertere Latin
- converto Latin
- deverto Latin
- di- Latin
- diverto Latin
- dīversus Latin
- dīvertere Latin
- everto Latin
- ex Latin
- interverto Latin
- intrōvertere, introvertere Latin
- inverto Latin
- lustro Latin
- lūstrum Latin
- lūstrō Latin
- obverto Latin
- oportet Latin
- paenitere Latin
- paenitēre Latin
- perverto Latin
- pervertō Latin
- re Latin
- recompenso, recompensare Latin
- recēnsiō Latin
- relentō Latin
- remōnstrō Latin
- repaenitēre Latin
- resipisco Latin
- retornare Latin
- reversus Latin
- revertor Latin
- reverērī Latin
- rideo Latin
- ruscum Latin
- sapiō Latin
- subverto Latin
- subvertō Latin
- transvertere Latin
- transverto Latin
- truncāre Latin
- versicolor Latin
- versicolōrem Latin
- versiformis Latin
- versus Latin
- vertebra Latin
- vertex Latin
- vertigo Latin
- vertīgō Latin
- vertō Latin
- viverra Latin
- vortex Latin
- āvertere Latin
- ēvertere Latin
- Refrain German
- remonstrieren German
- re- Hungarian
- guarda- Italian
- guardabarriere Italian
- guardaboschi Italian
- guardabuoi Italian
- guardaspalle Italian
- guardia- Italian
- ra- Italian
- re- Italian
- refrain Italian
- ri- Italian
- ricompensare Italian
- -waarts Dutch, Flemish
- waarde Dutch, Flemish
- lustre French
- re- French
- refrain French
- reniement French
- renier French
- retroussé French
- ré- French
- récompenser French
- révérer French
- рак Russian
- re- Spanish, Castilian
- recatar Spanish, Castilian
- recomendación Spanish, Castilian
- recomendar Spanish, Castilian
- recompensar Spanish, Castilian
- reconstruir Spanish, Castilian
- refrán Spanish, Castilian
- repujar Spanish, Castilian
- rezagar Spanish, Castilian
- εἰσοράω Ancient Greek
- εἶλαρ Ancient Greek
- θεωρέω Ancient Greek
- θεωρία Ancient Greek
- θεωρός Ancient Greek
- θεώρημα Ancient Greek
- προοράω Ancient Greek
- ἐφοράω Ancient Greek
- ὁράω Ancient Greek
- ὅραμα Ancient Greek
- ὅρασις Ancient Greek
- ὅρᾱμᾰ Ancient Greek
- ὅρᾱμᾰ, ὅραμα Ancient Greek
- ὤρα Ancient Greek
- *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ure- Proto-Indo-European
- *we-wórt-e, *wewórte Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wertmen Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *wret- Proto-Indo-European
- *wreyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥mis Proto-Indo-European
- *wért-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *wértti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱn̥seh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- re- Norwegian Bokmål
- refreng Norwegian Bokmål
- re- Portuguese
- recomendar Portuguese
- recomendação Portuguese
- recompensar Portuguese
- refrão Portuguese
- reiterar Portuguese
- *aikwernô Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- *hrītaną Proto-Germanic
- *waraz Proto-Germanic
- *wardaz Proto-Germanic
- *warduz Proto-Germanic
- *wardāną Proto-Germanic
- *wardō Proto-Germanic
- *wargaz Proto-Germanic
- *wargijaną Proto-Germanic
- *warjaną Proto-Germanic
- *warją Proto-Germanic
- *warkiz Proto-Germanic
- *warnōną Proto-Germanic
- *warīniz Proto-Germanic
- *weruz Proto-Germanic
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- *werþaz Proto-Germanic
- *wirþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wrītaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurdiz Proto-Germanic
- *wurstiz Proto-Germanic
- räka Swedish
- rak Polish
- re- Polish
- wara Polish
- re- Norwegian Nynorsk
- refreng Norwegian Nynorsk
- verjar Norwegian Nynorsk
- voren Norwegian Nynorsk
- -weardes Old English
- आवर्त Sanskrit
- परिवर्तन Sanskrit
- प्रवर्तक Sanskrit
- वृत् Sanskrit
- ben ware Middle English
- rabet Middle English
- re- Middle English
- recommenden Middle English
- relenten Middle English
- amhábhar Irish
- bithábhar Irish
- frithábhar Irish
- meánábhar Irish
- príomhábhar Irish
- ábharaí Irish
- Verðandi Old Norse
- vari Old Norse
- varði Old Norse
- vǫr Old Norse
- refræn Danish
- *rakъ Proto-Slavic
- *variti Proto-Slavic
- *varъ Proto-Slavic
- *verteno Proto-Slavic
- *vorta Proto-Slavic
- *vortiti Proto-Slavic
- *vortъ Proto-Slavic
- *věverica Proto-Slavic
- *vȇrstъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrsta Proto-Slavic
- *vьrtěti Proto-Slavic
- *vьrvь Proto-Slavic
- rak Czech
- drechier Old French
- garison Old French
- guarde Old French
- raboter Old French
- re- Old French
- recommender Old French
- recompense Old French
- redrecier Old French
- refrain Old French
- refraindre Old French
- refrait Old French
- regard Old French
- reneier Old French
- repentir Old French
- res- Old French
- retourner Old French
- reward Old French
- vers Old French
- re- Esperanto
- rak Serbo-Croatian
- рак Serbo-Croatian
- llustre Catalan, Valencian
- re- Catalan, Valencian
- arremedar Galician
- recear Galician
- recomendación Galician
- recomendar Galician
- refollo Galician
- relustro Galician
- răs- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- گر Persian
- ρεφρέν Greek (modern)
- rekomendar Cebuano
- virst Latvian
- vērt Latvian
- գերի Old Armenian
- վերմակ Old Armenian
- ri- Ido
- adbar Old Irish
- adbarda Old Irish
- feraid Old Irish
- fofera Old Irish
- la Old Irish
- r'- Norman
- re- Norman
- magrekomenda Tagalog
- rekomenda Tagalog
- рак Bulgarian
- vërej Albanian
- retrenchement Middle French
- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 Gothic
- refrään Estonian
- ar Old Portuguese
- re- Old Portuguese
- recear Old Portuguese
- remedar Old Portuguese
- *kowwaris Proto-Celtic
- *lowkstriko- Proto-Celtic
- *lowkstro- Proto-Celtic
- *wiweros Proto-Celtic
- *writ- Proto-Celtic
- *writ-, *writ(u) Proto-Celtic
- рак Macedonian
- рак Ukrainian
- *war- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wart- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wáras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wártatay Proto-Indo-Iranian
- arsar Aromanian
- rak Slovak
- re- Occitan
- рак Belarusian
- *werēōr Proto-Italic
- *wre Proto-Italic
- retuornar Romansh
- returnar Romansh
- returner Romansh
- *wardōn, *wardēn Frankish
- rak Lower Sorbian
- repentirse Old Spanish
- vīr Middle Persian
- wlm Middle Persian
- reguard xno
- relentir xno
- *writja Proto-Albanian
- *wirt- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *warH-, *wār- Proto-Iranian
- *wart- Proto-Iranian
- reaktsiya Crimean Tatar
- reanimatsiya Crimean Tatar
- rekonstruktsiya Crimean Tatar
- repatriatsiya Crimean Tatar
- reproduktor Crimean Tatar
- rækæ Old Danish
- rak Upper Sorbian
- *uranka Gaulish
- racumandà Istriot
- *weréykā Proto-Hellenic
- provorsus Old Latin
- re- Interlingua
- rek Kashubian
- warison ONF.
- 𒉿𒅈𒉡𒊻𒍣 Hittite
- 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 Hittite
- ex
- re
- di-
- -īscō
- vertō
- sapiō
- rideo
- vortex
- lūstrō
- versus
- everto
- lustro
- vertex
- ruscum
- deverto
- oportet
- viverra
- advertō
- vertigo
- lūstrum
- diverto
- relentō
- vertīgō
- obverto
- inverto
- pervertō
- recēnsiō
- revertor
- converto
- truncāre
- subverto
- ēvertere
- dīversus
- subvertō
- reverērī
- *resaliō
- adversus
- perverto
- reversus
- vertebra
- āvertere
- resipisco
- remōnstrō
- dīvertere
- paenitēre
- retornare
- paenitere
- *reiterāre
- *recaptāre
- interverto
- versicolor
- convertere
- recompenso
- transverto
- versiformis
- repaenitēre
- *refrangere
- advertentia
- transvertere
- intrōvertere
- versicolōrem
- *repoenitere
- introvertere
- recompensare