## Etymology
From Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare ('to repeat'), from re- ('again') + iterare ('to repeat'), from iterum ('again').

## AI Etymology
Reiterate comes from Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare ('to repeat'), from re- ('again') + iterare ('to repeat'), from iterum ('again'). The historical chain includes Latin re-, Latin iterare, and Latin iterum. The quoted older senses, "to repeat" and "again", supply the semantic anchors for reiterate. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word reiterate carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to say or do again for emphasis". English derivatives include reiteration, reiterated, reiterating, and reiterative; related English forms include iterate, iteration, and itinerary. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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