reecho

See also: re-echo

English

Alternative forms

• re-echo, reëcho

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́

Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy

Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)

Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.

Latin ēchō

Medieval Latin ēccōbor.

Middle English eccho

English echo

English reecho

From re- + echo.

Verb

reecho (third-person singular simple present reechos, present participle reechoing, simple past and past participle reechoed)

1. To echo again; to reverberate.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 93:

     "That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are!" he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.

Noun

reecho (plural reechos or reechoes)

1. A second or subsequent echo

Anagrams

• cheero, choree, cohere, echoer