Reprinted

How to spell reprinted

9 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce reprinted

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does reprinted mean?

1. verbPrinted a publication again, producing further copies of a previously printed text.

Reprinted in a sentence

• The publisher reprinted the novel after the first run sold out within a week.

• The office reprinted the contract once a typo in the address was corrected.

Where does reprinted come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This is the past tense of 'reprint', formed from the everyday verb 'print' with the Latin-derived prefix re-, meaning 'again' or 'back'. 'Print' itself came into English in the 1300s from Old French 'preindre' and the related noun 'preinte', meaning an impression or a mark pressed into something, which in turn goes back to the Latin verb 'premere', meaning 'to press'. The original sense was literally about pressing a stamp or seal into a surface and leaving an imprint, long before mechanical presses produced books and newspapers. When publishers later began running off fresh copies of a text, the prefix re- naturally attached to signal that the work was being put through the press once more. The same 'premere' root survives in relatives such as 'press', 'imprint', and 'expression', and the doubled idea of pressing again is a useful way to remember the simple re- plus print spelling.

How the word is built

• re- (again)
• print (root)
• -ed (past tense suffix)