"re-" meaning in Latin

See re- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: The Latin prefix rĕ- is from Proto-Italic *wre (“again”), which has a parallel in Umbrian re-, but its further etymology is uncertain (OED). While it carries a general sense of "back" or "backwards", its precise sense is not always clear, and its great productivity in classical Latin has the tendency to obscure its original meaning. Watkins proposes a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), while de Vaan suggests Proto-Indo-European *ure- (“back”), which may be found in Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish, lobster”) (tentatively, in an original sense *“looking backwards”) and Albanian rrë- (“back”, preverb), unless the latter is borrowed from Latin. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*wre|t=again}} Proto-Italic *wre (“again”), {{unc|la|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*wert-|t=to turn}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*ure-|t=back}} Proto-Indo-European *ure- (“back”), {{cog|sla-pro|*rakъ||crayfish, lobster}} Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish, lobster”), {{cog|sq|rrë-||back|pos=preverb}} Albanian rrë- (“back”, preverb) Head templates: {{head|la|prefix}} re-
  1. back, backwards Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-re--la-prefix-P62J3eMl
  2. un-, de- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-re--la-prefix-Ze45qlRE
  3. again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-re--la-prefix-zSc8~d4X Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 0 97

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