Where does “malarrangement” come from?
malarrangement (English) comes from English arrangement, from French arrangement, from French arranger, from Old French arangier, from Old French rengier, from Old French reng, from Latin rencus, from Gaulish rekos — to set in order.
malarrangement (English): Bad or wrong arrangement
Definitions
- Bad or wrong arrangement
Ancestry of “malarrangement”, step by step
malarrangement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arrangement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arrangement | The act of arranging; The manner of being... |
| 2 | French | arrangement | arrangement |
| 3 | French | arranger | to arrange; to suit, to be convenient; to be set... |
| 4 | Old French | arangier | to arrange |
| 5 | Old French | rengier | to line up; to form ranks |
| 6 | Old French | reng | place; position |
| 7 | Latin | rencus | row; order, rank |
| 8 | Gaulish | rekos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | reketi | to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)rek- | to set in order |
via English mal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mal | illness, affliction; A longboard; Malleolus |
| 2 | French | mal | trouble, difficulty; pain; evil |
| 3 | Old French | mal | evilly; badly; poorly; evil |
| 4 | Latin | malleus | hammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |