re

re · preposition¹

1. Latin · borrowed fromrē
2. English todayre

Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”). Also, short for regarding, reply.

re · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromresonāre“made to resound”
2. Italian · derived fromre
3. Middle English · inherited fromre“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”
4. English todayre

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English re (“second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian re in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin resonāre (“made to resound”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

re · noun³

From the prefix re-.

Re · proper noun⁴

1. Coptic · borrowed fromⲣⲏ“sun”
2. Egyptian · borrowed fromr:a-ra“sun, Ra”
3. English todayRe

Meaning borrowed from Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “sun, Ra”), with the form of the word borrowed from Coptic ⲣⲏ (rē, “sun”).

Re · proper noun⁵

Clipping of reinsurance.

RE · preposition⁶

See at re.

RE · symbol, proper noun, noun⁷

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