English

re

/ɹiː/
About, regarding, with reference to; used especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Latin rē, ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).

    Etymology 2

    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.

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    • borrowedLatinrē
    • inheritedMiddle Englishre “second degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”
      • derivedItalianre
        • derivedLatinresonāre “made to resound”
          • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂- “to sound, resound”

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