"R" Word Origins

remaining

Origin

By surface analysis, remain + -ing.

remand

Latin

From Old French remander ("to send back"), from Latin remandare, ultimately from re- + mandare ("to order").

remanence

Origin

From remanent (“that which remains”) + -ence.

remanent

Origin

From Latin remanens, present participle of remaneō (“to remain”).

remark

French

From French remarquer, from re- ("again") + marquer ("to mark") — literally, to "mark again" by noticing something.

remarkable

Origin

From remark + -able, "worth remarking on."

rematchmaker

Origin

From rematch + maker, after matchmaker.

remediable

Origin

From Middle English remediable, from Old French remedïable and Latin remediābilis. By surface analysis, remediate + -able, or perhaps remedy + ‑able.

remedial

Latin

From Latin remedialis, from remedium ("a remedy" or "cure").

remediate

Origin

From Latin remediare.

remedy

Latin

From Latin remedium, from re- ("again") + mederi ("to heal").

remember

Late Latin

From Old French remembrer, from Late Latin rememorari — re- + memor ("mindful").

remembrance

Old French

From Old French remembrance, from remembrer ("to remember").

rememoration

Origin

French remémoration, or Latin rememoratio.

Remi

Latin

From Latin Rēmī.

remind

Origin · 1600

From re- + mind, in the sense "to remember" — first used in the 1600s.

reminded

English

From re- 'again' plus mind in the verb sense 'to bring to mind'.

reminder

Origin

From remind + -er.

remindful

Origin

From remind + -ful.

Remington

Origin

From the English surname Remington, originally from Rimington, meaning roughly "settlement by the boundary stream."

reminisce

Latin

A back-formation from "reminiscence," ultimately from Latin reminisci ("to remember").

reminiscence

Latin

From Latin reminisci "to remember, call to mind", from re- "again" and a root related to mens "mind".

reminiscent

Latin

From Latin reminiscens, present participle of reminisci ("to remember").

reminiscential

Origin

From Late Latin reminiscentia + -al.

remise

Origin

From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre (“to remit”); Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre (“to remit”).

remiss

Latin

From Latin remissus ("slack, negligent"), the past participle of remittere ("to relax, let go").

remission

Latin

From Latin remissio ("a sending back, a lessening"), from remittere ("to remit").

remit

Latin

From Latin remittere ("to send back"), from re- + mittere ("to send").

remitment

Origin

From remit + -ment.

remittance

Latin

From remit, from Latin remittere "to send back", from re- "back" and mittere "to send".

remittent

Origin

From Latin remittent-, present participle of remittō.

remitter

Origin

From remit + -er (agent noun suffix), or in the legal sense + -er (action noun suffix).

remnant

Middle English

A shortened form of Middle English "remenant," from Anglo-Norman remanant, related to remain.

remonstrate

Origin

From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.

remorse

Medieval Latin

From Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordere ("to bite back") — the idea of guilt "biting" at your conscience.

remorseful

Latin

Built from "remorse" (from Latin remordere, "to bite back" — the idea of guilt gnawing at you) plus the adjective ending "-ful."

remote

Latin

From Latin remotus, "moved back or away" — the past participle of removere, the same root that gives us "remove."

removal

Origin

From "remove" plus the noun-forming ending "-al."

remove

Latin

From Old French remouvoir, from Latin removere ("to move back"), from re- + movere ("to move").

remugient

Origin

From (the stem of) Latin remugiens, present participle of remugire. See mugient.

remuneration

Latin

From Latin remuneratio, "a rewarding" or "repayment."

Remus

Latin

Learned borrowing from Latin Remus.

ren

Latin

A learned borrowing from Latin ren, "kidney."

Renaissance

French

Borrowed from French renaissance, literally "rebirth" — from re- ("again") plus naissance ("birth").

renal

Late Latin

From Late Latin renalis, from Latin renes, "kidneys."

rename

Origin

From re- ("again") plus "name."

Renard

Old French

Borrowed from French renard ("fox"), or from Old French Renart.

renascence

Origin

From renascent + -ence.