Other forms: remakes
A remake is a new version of a film that already existed. A Hollywood remake, remake of a classic, another remake.
It is a different production of the same story, which is what distinguishes it from a sequel or a restoration. Studios make them because a known title is easier to sell than a new one, and audiences complain about them for the same reason. Note that the verb is stressed on the second syllable and the noun on the first.
1nounremakeA new version of a film that already existed.
“The remake of the old horror film had better special effects but a weaker story.”
remake is a new version.
Proto-Indo-European
*meh₂ǵ-
Proto-Germanic
*makaz — agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable
Proto-West Germanic
*makōn — to build, make, work
Old English
macian — to build, make, work
Middle English
macen
English
make
English, today
remake
Built from
From re- + make. make comes from Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic makōn (“to build, make, work”), from mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ-, meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match. 2 Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), yol maak, maake (“to make”), frr maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), stq moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), gsw mache (“to make; to do”), bar måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), cim machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), lb maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), mhn mòchen (“to make”), wym mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (“to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (“to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (“to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (“to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (“to smear”), xcl մած (“glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (“to cause, raise, wreak”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA