Where does “arrangement” come from?
Arrangement comes from French arrangement, derived from French arranger plus the suffix -ment, which descends through Middle French -ment and Old French a- from Latin ad- meaning "to" and the Proto-Indo-European root men-.
arrangement (English): The act of arranging; The manner of being...
Definitions
- The act of arranging; The manner of being...
Ancestry of “arrangement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | arrangement | arrangement |
| 2 | French | arranger | to arrange; to suit, to be convenient; to be set... |
| 3 | Old French | arangier | to arrange |
| 4 | Old French | rengier | to line up; to form ranks |
| 5 | Old French | reng | place; position |
| 6 | Latin | rencus | row; order, rank |
| 7 | Gaulish | rekos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | reketi | to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)rek- | to set in order |