Etymograph

English

retitle

From re- + title.

A compound of re- + title

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin titulus ‘title, inscription’

Old English titul ‘title, heading’

Middle English title

English title

Today it means

verb To provide with a new title.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “retitle”. 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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