Etymograph

English

reknow

From re- + know.

Formed from re- + know

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Germanic *knēaną ‘to know’

Proto-West Germanic *knāan ‘to recognise’

Old English cnāwan ‘to know’

Middle English knowen ‘to know’

English know

Today it means

verb To know again; to relearn or understand anew.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reknow”. 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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