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Where does “refashion” come from?

Refashion derives from Middle English re- combined with Old French re- and Latin re- ("again") prefixed to Latin facio ("to make").

refashion (English): To fashion again or anew

Definitions

  1. To fashion again or anew

Ancestry of “refashion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfashionA current trend, favored for frivolous rather...
2Middle EnglishfaciounThe way something looks or appears; physical...
3Anglo-Normanfechoun—
4Old Frenchfaçonway; manner; fashion
5Latinfactiō—
6Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “refashion”

  • refashioner
  • refashionable
  • refashionment
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