Etymograph

English

readd

From re- + add.

Formed from re- + add

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

Latin addō ‘add’

Middle English adden ‘to join or unite’

English add

Today it means

verb To add again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “readd”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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