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reecho en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōbor. Middle English eccho English echo English reecho From re- + echo.

Meanings

  1. A second or subsequent echo

Forms

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reëcho alternative lexicographic
reechoes Number=Plur lexicographic
re-echo alternative lexicographic
reechos Number=Plur lexicographic

reecho en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōbor. Middle English eccho English echo English reecho From re- + echo.

Meanings

  1. To echo again; to reverberate.
    • "That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93:

Forms

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reechos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
re-echo alternative lexicographic
reëcho alternative lexicographic
reechoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reechoed Tense=Past lexicographic
reechoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic