'reinvent' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'invent' from Latin 'inventus', meaning 'to find'.

'inventus' transformed into the Old French word 'inventer', and eventually became the modern English word 'invent', with 'reinvent' forming later.

Initially, it meant 'to find again', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to change something so much that it appears new'.