revisit
UK[ˌriːˈvɪzɪt]US[ˌriːˈvɪzɪt]
v
To go to a place again or for a second time.
v
To consider or discuss something again.
Morpheme Breakdown
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again
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go to see
Etymology
The word "revisit" is a transparent compound formed within English from the Latin-derived prefix "re-" and the verb "visit". The prefix "re-", from Latin, carries the core sense of "back" or "again". The root "visit" originates from the Latin verb visere, meaning "to go to see, to view," which itself is a frequentative form of videre, "to see," a verb with a deep Proto-Indo-European ancestry (weid- meaning "to see, to know"). The literal, compositional meaning "to go to see again" logically extends to the abstract sense of reconsidering an idea, topic, or memory, as if one is returning to examine it mentally.
Analysis
Structure: re (again) + visit (go to see)
- re: Latin origin, a prefix meaning "again" or "back".
- visit: Latin origin (from visere, frequentative of videre "to see"), functioning as the root verb meaning "to go to see a person or place".
Examples
We plan to revisit the city next summer.
The committee decided to revisit the proposal after receiving new data.
The film's ending encourages viewers to revisit their initial assumptions about the main character.