Repopularized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Brought back into widespread favor or common use after having fallen out of fashion for a time
2. Restored to public popularity once more after a period of neglect or decline
3. Returned to general appeal and circulation, having previously lost its fashionable status

Etymology: "Repopularized" is the past tense of "repopularize," built from the prefix "re-" ("again") added to "popularize." The base verb rests on the Latin "populus," meaning "people," which gave rise to "popularis" ("of the people," "pertaining to the common people"). That adjective passed into Old French as "populaire" and then into Middle English as "popular," and the sense of being liked by many people grew from that root of belonging to the common crowd. "Popularize" was formed in English by adding the Greek-derived suffix "-ize" (from Ancient Greek "-izein," through Late Latin "-izare" and Middle French "-iser") to "popular." So the word stacks three layers: a Latin root about the people, a Greek-origin verb-forming suffix, and a Latin-derived prefix meaning "once more."

Synonyms: revive, restore