Etymology

recreate

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Today it means: To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven. Full definition →

Middle English recreate ← Latin recreāre
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recreate · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromrecreāre“to restore”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromrecreate
  3. English todayrecreate

From Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreāre (“to restore”), from re- (“re-”) + creāre (“to create”).

recreate · verb2

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcreate
  7. English todayrecreate

From re- + create.

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