Reprint

How to spell reprint

7 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce reprint

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does reprint mean?

1. verbTo print something again, especially a book or document, after the first run.
2. nounA new printing or copy of a text that has already been published.

Reprint in a sentence

• verb

  The publisher decided to reprint the novel after it sold out.

• noun

  This paperback is a cheap reprint of the original hardback.

• verb

  We will reprint the brochure once the address is corrected.

• noun

  Collectors prefer the first edition over any later reprint.

Where does reprint come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word is a straightforward English compound built from the prefix re-, meaning 'again' or 'back', and the verb print. Print itself came into Middle English in the 1300s from the Old French preinte, meaning 'an impression' or 'a stamp', which descended from the Latin verb premere, 'to press'. The literal sense was the mark left when something was pressed onto a surface, and that idea carried naturally into the printing of pages once movable type spread across Europe. Reprint as a single word emerged in the 1500s and 1600s, when publishers needed a term for running a fresh impression of a text that had already been set. The spelling stays simple because both parts are common English elements, and the only point to watch is that the prefix re- joins print with no hyphen and no doubled letter.

How the word is built

• re- (again)
• print (from Latin premere: to press)