LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
prefix

red-

red-

Meaning

  1. morphemePrimarily ante-vocalic or poetic variant of re-

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

red- see re-.

Origins

From metanalysis of re- in verbs like reddō < *re-di-dō, parallel and analogical to prō-/prōd-.

Quick answers

What does red- mean in Latin?
red-, a prefix, means “Primarily ante-vocalic or poetic variant of re-”.