Recreator

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who brings something back to its original or improved state through repair or renewal
2. An individual responsible for reviving or making something new again after it has deteriorated
3. Someone who renews or restores an object, idea, or situation to a former or better condition

Etymology: "Recreator" is a plain formation: the verb "recreate" with the agent suffix "-or" added, giving a person or thing that recreates. The suffix has a long lineage. It descends from a Proto-Italic "-tōr" and reached Latin as "-tor" and "-ātor", passed through Old French "-eor" into Middle English as "-our", and then into modern English as "-or". The verb it builds on, "recreate", came into English from Latin "recreare", which combines "re-" (again) with "creare" (to create). The prefix "re-" was attached to a verb whose Latin sense was already about making or bringing something into being, so "recreate" carries the idea of making anew. The Latin root also gives English "create", which shows the two words are closely related.

Synonyms: entertainer, amuser