Where does “configuration” come from?
Configuration comes from Middle French configuration, derived from Latin configuratio, formed from the Latin prefix con- and the suffix -tio, ultimately tracing to Latin cum meaning "with."
configuration (English): Form, as depending on the relative disposition of...
Definitions
- Form, as depending on the relative disposition of...
Ancestry of “configuration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | configuration | — |
| 2 | Latin | configuratio | configuration |
| 3 | Latin | cōnfigūrō | to mould, shape or fashion accordingly |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “configuration”
- reconfiguration
- configurational
- autoconfiguration
- misconfiguration
- configurationally
- preconfiguration
- multiconfiguration
- multiconfigurational
- subconfiguration
- deconfiguration
- configurationism
- isoconfigurational
- configurationist
- microconfiguration
- nanoconfiguration
- configurationality
- nonconfigurational
- reconfigurationism
- nonconfigurationality