Etymology

demake

de·make
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Today it means: A remake of a modern video game for an older platform. Full definition →

First used early 21st c.English make ← Middle English maken ← Old English macian
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  9. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  10. Old Englishmacian
  11. Middle Englishmaken
  12. Englishmake
  13. English todaydemake

From de- (prefix denoting a reversal or undoing) + make (noun, verb), modelled on remake (noun, verb).

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 21st c. A remake of a modern video game for an older platform.
  • from early 21st c. To remake (a modern video game) for an older platform.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.