Modernification

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act or process of updating something so that it reflects current styles, technology or ways of working
2. Bringing an older system, place or practice up to contemporary standards through renewal and new methods
3. Renewing or refashioning a thing so that it conforms to present-day tastes, tools and expectations

Etymology: The root is a Latin adverb, "modo," meaning "just now" or "recently." It gave Late Latin "modernus," which became English "modern." At its core, anything modern is simply whatever belongs to the present moment. The rest of the term is built from suffixes. "-ify" comes through Old French from Latin "-ificare," from "facere," "to make," and "-ation" turns the resulting action into a noun. The formation follows patterns like "beautification" and "simplification," so the whole word means the process of making something up to date. It is a rare, rather clumsy coinage, and its meaning is essentially the same as the more common "modernization."