Etymology

remodel

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Today it means: to change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of Full definition →

English model ← Middle French modelle ← Old Italian modello
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  8. Proto-Italic*medos
  9. Latinmodus
  10. Late Latinmodulus
  11. Vulgar Latin*modellus
  12. Old Italianmodello
  13. Middle Frenchmodelle
  14. Englishmodel
  15. English todayremodel

From re- + model.

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