English

re-explain

From re- + explain.

A compound of re- + explain

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin plānus ‘level, plain’

Latin plānō ‘to flatten’

Latin explānō ‘to make plain, explain’

Old French explaner

Middle English explanen

Today it means

verb To explain again or in a different way.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / re-explain