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Where does “photorearrangement” come from?

photorearrangement (English) comes from English rearrangement, from English rearrange, from English arrange, from German arrangieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

photorearrangement (English): Any photoisomerization reaction that leads to...

Definitions

  1. Any photoisomerization reaction that leads to...

Ancestry of “photorearrangement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrearrangementThe process of rearranging; A rearrangement...
2EnglishrearrangeTo change the order or arrangement of
3EnglisharrangeTo set up; to organize; to put into an orderly...
4Germanarrangierento arrange; to come to an agreement
5German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-āre—
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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