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DictionaryRoot: re-
Latin

re-

back, again; restoration or reversal

Forms

  • re-
  • red- — An early Latin form used before vowels and h.

Origin

Its ancestry before Latin is uncertain.

Note

In some old compounds the prefix adds emphasis, while in others its separate contribution has become unclear.

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Adult pigeon bends to feed one chick beak-to-beak with a tiny softened food morsel, natural non-graphic crop feeding.
verb

regurgitate

rih-GUR-jih-tayt/rɪˈɡɜːrdʒɪteɪt/

To return swallowed material to the mouth.

Etymology
reLatinback, again; restoration or reversal
+gurgitateLatinengulf, flood

The pieces suggest fluid 'flooding back,' connecting the early fluid sense with stomach contents returning and, figuratively, undigested information being repeated. The English verb may instead have been formed from regurgitation.

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