Reconditioner

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A device or person that restores something to good working order or appearance
2. An instrument or individual that repairs or renews an item to make it function well again
3. A tool or professional who refurbishes objects to regain their original quality or performance

Etymology: The verb "recondition" was formed in English by attaching the prefix "re-" (meaning "again") to "condition," so that to recondition is to put something back into good condition. The noun "reconditioner" then adds the agent suffix "-er," which marks a person or thing that performs the action. Adding "-er" to a verb to name the one who does the job is one of the most productive patterns in English, and it works here just as it does in "baker" or "driver." The suffix has a long ancestry. It descends from Latin "-arius," used to form nouns for people connected with a task or place, which passed through Old French "-ier" and reached Middle English as "-er." Old English had its own form, "-ere," which merged with the French-derived ending during the medieval period, so the modern suffix combines both lines of inheritance.

Synonyms: restorer, refurbisher