Etymology

remake

re·make
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Today it means: To make again. Full definition →

English make ← Middle English maken ← Old English macian
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  8. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  9. Old Englishmacian
  10. Middle Englishmaken
  11. Englishmake
  12. English todayremake

From re- + make.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.