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

Definitions

  1. back; again

Ancestry of “re-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesere-—
2Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “re-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Latin re- →