Repopularising

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causing something that had fallen out of favor to become fashionable or widely liked once more
2. Restoring popularity to something that had previously lost public interest or appeal
3. Making something popular again after a period during which it was less favored or forgotten

Etymology: "Repopularising" is the British spelling of a word built from two English parts: the prefix "re-", meaning "again", and "popularise", "to make popular." Its root is the Latin "populus," "people," which also gave English "popular" (via Old French "populaire" and Middle English "populer"), so the word is a relative of "public" and "people" in the sense of the populace. The verb "popularise" came into English in the 19th century and was made by adding the suffix "-ise" to "popular," a suffix that traces back through Old French to Greek roots. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin "re-," and it was attached to English verbs freely over the centuries, so "repopularise" simply means to make something popular again after it has fallen out of favour. Because the word is a plain combination of existing English parts, its meaning is transparent: each element carries its own sense into the whole.

Synonyms: revive, rehabilitate, reestablish