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rept-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

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From Latin rept-, past participle stem of rēpere "to crawl, creep."

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What does rept- mean?: Crawl, creep.
Where does rept- come from?: From Latin rept-, past participle stem of rēpere "to crawl, creep."

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