Where does “re-” come from?
re- (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese re-, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
re- (Galician): back; again
Ancestry of “re-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | re- | — |
| 2 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |