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Where does “arranger” come from?

Arranger comes from English arrange, from Old French -er, from Latin -are (verbal suffix), from Latin -arius (agent suffix), from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning to turn or bend.

arranger (English): One who arranges; Digital keyboard to play music...

Definitions

  1. One who arranges; Digital keyboard to play music...

Ancestry of “arranger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharrangeTo set up; to organize; to put into an orderly...
2Germanarrangierento arrange; to come to an agreement
3German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-āre—
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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