Etymograph

English

recorrect

From re- + correct.

A compound of re- + correct

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

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Latin regō ‘to rule; to straighten’

Latin corrigō ‘to correct, set right’

Latin correctus ‘corrected; straightened’

French correct

English correct

Today it means

verb To correct again (possibly undoing a previous 'correction').

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recorrect”. 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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