re-

Morpheme

re-

Type

prefix

Denotation

back, back from, back to the original place, again, anew, once more; sometimes merely intensive

Etymology

Old French re- and Latin re-

Evidence

recommit, reheat, remember, renege, renew, replace, request, reread, return, reflection, unreviewed

Notes

often hyphenated

See Also

red-, ren-

Homographs

Re, Re