Etymograph

English

reteach

From re- + teach.

A compound of re- + teach

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’

Proto-Germanic *taikijaną ‘to show’

Proto-West Germanic *taikijan

Old English tǣċan ‘to show’

Middle English techen ‘to teach’

English teach

Today it means

verb To teach (someone) again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reteach”. 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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