redesign

/ˌɹidɪˈzaɪn/ree-dih-ZYN

/ˌɹidɪˈzaɪn/ree-dih-ZYN

Meaningto mark out again

Common meaning: to plan the look or working of something again

reagain; back
dedown, away, off; undoing
signa mark or signalLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1696 · scan

‘again’ + ‘down, away, off’ + ‘a mark or signal’ → redesign

Journey through time

Latinsignum, -ī‘a mark or signal’
Frenchdesigner
Englishredesign‘to plan the look or working of something again’ · today

re- also in: react rebel relax repel reply

de- also in: deter decamp decide deduce defame

sign also in: cosign design insignificant

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin signum ‘a mark or signal’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry signum, p. 1696 · dictionary scan

Roots

signum, -ī Latin “a mark or signal”

Related words

cosign design insignificant

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