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Renovate

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to restore something, especially a building, to a good state of repair
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Stage 1 of 3
novus
Latin · ancient
"new"
new, combined with re- (again)
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Stage 2 of 3
renovare
Latin · ancient
"to make new again, to restore"
to make new again, to restore, from re- and novus
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Stage 3 of 3
renovate
English · 1500s
"to restore something to a good state of repair"
settled as the English word for restoring something to a good state of repair
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