Remodels

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Makes significant alterations to the design or structure of an existing building or space
2. Changes the layout or appearance of a house or other construction by reconstruction or improvement
3. Transforms an existing structure by updating or modifying its design and components

Etymology: This is an inflected form: "remodels" is the third-person singular present of "remodel", so the verb itself is the one to trace. "Remodel" is a simple combination of the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "anew", and "model", which came into English from Middle French "modelle", itself borrowed from Italian "modello", and ultimately from Vulgar Latin "modellus", a diminutive form of Latin "modulus", meaning "measure" or "small standard". That Latin root gives the word its underlying sense of a measure or pattern to be followed. Put together, "remodel" means to shape something again according to a new pattern. The "re-" is the same prefix found in "rebuild" and "rewrite", and "model" carries the sense of a plan or form. The verb is a plain formation from these two parts, so its meaning follows directly from them: to make over an existing structure into a new design.

Synonyms: renovates, restructures, redesigns

Antonyms: destroys, damages